Guess Who (2005)

I absolutely loved this movie. I thought it was brilliant. And it delivers the one thing you would expect from a comedy: laughs. Time and time again.The cast was hilarious. Kutcher, Mac and Saldana had so much chemistry and it made the film work so splendidly. I didn't find anything racist about the movie as well, just some great jokes. And it showed that white people aren't the only racists. And the film wasn't a classical corny romantic comedy, it has a deeper meaning and message in it.I would recommend this movie to anyone. It makes you think about different problems starting with that love isn't always perfect, that people are different and everyone has to deal with problems concerning racism and family. I really enjoyed Guess Who. A magnificent film.

The twin billing of the late Bernie Mac and Ashton Kutcher is rather appealing and the two comic-gifted actors do fairly well. I always think its the mark of a good actor to pull off the consistent lurching that is the hallmark of sentimental romcom. The two of them negotiate the script well.The problem is that, like so many other examples of the genre, the film demands a statutory smattering of extra set pieces: a dreadful go-kart race and a ridiculous men-share-the-bed running gag let this one down. There's also an unsavoury 'black jokes' sequence which I simply didn't need.When I wasn't cowering/out making the tea in embarrassment I enjoyed it as it was intended. 4/10

This oddly titled remake of Spencer Tracy's final flick, GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER, has Bernie Mac as the bullying patriarch of a family who learns one of his daughters is dating a white guy (Ashton Kutcher). Worse, he's a white guy out of work and who tends to lie. (Imagine if this had been the case in the original, which involved Spencer Tracy meeting his daughter's black boy friend. But never fear: the beau in that movie was played by Saint Sidney Poitier, who is a doctor, for heaven's sake, and can do no wrong.) In the remake, a clash of cultures predictably ensues, embroidered with large doses of slapstick. The daughter herself is played by someone named Zoe Saldana and is dull as dishwater, but then who in their right mind would want to date the klutzy Kutcher, who keeps falling down and stumbles over every sentence? Mac is pretty subdued, as befits his role as a loan officer of a small town bank. Clichés abound as the movie drags onto the inevitable lovable, huggable conclusion. But to believe this gal's many relatives would openly accept Kutcher as her fiancé places GUESS WHO in the realm of science fiction. It's watchable, but avoid the part where Mac and Kutcher tango together. Fast-forward that part or better yet, leave the room for two minutes. It's embarrassing and just not funny.

Guess Who? A supposedly comic update of the socially relevant for the times(although it felt quaint as anything when I saw it) Sidney Pottier/Spencer Tracey flick Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. It is sad when the funniest moment of the flick is a scene where Bernie Mac is mesmerized by a cordless phone on a lazy susan.As obvious and painful as Bringing Down The House and as fun as a colonoscopy.Are test audiences this lowbrow and backwards- I guess so- cuz the mainstream comedies just get more and more watered down- I remember thinking that Bernie Mac had an edge to him when he was doing supporting roles back in the day and I thought he was the highlight of The Original Kings of Comedy- but his leading man roles have been disappointingly middle of the road.Ashton Kutcher has a goofy likability to him- but like Mac he keeps picking lameass comedies that lack the necessary guffaws. F