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| Percy Jones takes great pride in the knowledge that he is always right, especially when it comes to the welfare of his family. When his daughter Theresa brings her new boyfriend, Simon Green, home to meet Percy and his wife Marilyn, he is unaware that Simon has already proposed to Theresa and plans to announce the engagement at Percy and Marilyn’s 25th anniversary party. |
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| CREDITS |
|  Directed
by Kevin Rodney Sullivan
"Guess
Who's Coming To Dinner" Writen by William Rose
Story
by David Ronn and Jay Scherick
Screenplay
by David Ronn, Jay Scherick and Peter Tolan
Cast
(in credits order)
Bernie Mac .... Percy
Ashton Kutcher .... Simon Green
rest of cast listed alphabetically
Jessica Cauffiel
Chad Gabriel .... Waiter
Jonelle Kennedy .... Winnie
RonReaco Lee .... Reggie
Gus Lynch .... Co-Worker
Andy Morrow .... Jason
Phil Reeves
Zoe Saldana .... Theresa
Judith Scott
Sherri Shepherd .... Sydney
Kellee Stewart .... Keisha
Amanda Tosch .... Diane
Jill Wagner
Produced
by
Joseph M. Caracciolo .... executive producer
Andrea Giannetti .... executive producer
Jason Goldberg .... producer
Steve Greener .... executive producer
Steve Greener .... producer
Ashton Kutcher .... producer
Bernie Mac .... producer
J. Roberts .... associate producer
Erwin Stoff .... producer
Betty Thomas .... executive producer
Betty Thomas .... producer
Matthew Tolmach .... executive producer
Jenno Topping .... producer
Cinematography
by Karl Walter Lindenlaub
Film Editing by Paul Seydor
MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for sex-related humor
For rating reasons, go to FILMRATINGS.COM,
and MPAA.ORG.
Parents, please refer to PARENTALGUIDE.ORG
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| SYNOPSIS
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 Percy
Jones (BERNIE MAC) takes great pride in the knowledge that he is always
right, especially when it comes to the welfare of his family. When
his daughter Theresa (ZOË SALDAÑA) brings her new boyfriend,
Simon Green (ASHTON KUTCHER), home to meet Percy and his wife Marilyn
(JUDITH SCOTT), he is unaware that Simon has already proposed to Theresa
and plans to announce the engagement at Percy and Marilyn’s
25th anniversary party.
As far as Percy’s
concerned, no man will ever be good enough for his baby girl and
the long line of struggling-artist types Theresa has dated so far
has only served to bolster his conviction. So that there are no
unpleasant surprises this time around, Percy, a bank loan officer,
runs a credit check on Simon. The young man, a successful young
stockbroker, certainly looks good on paper, and for the first time,
Percy is actually looking forward to meeting one of his daughter’s
boyfriends.
However, the
young man he has envisioned -- a dazzling combination of Denzel
Washington, Colin Powell and Tiger Woods -- is not who arrives at
his doorstep. Percy is aghast and more than a little indignant when
his daughter presents her decidedly Caucasian boyfriend.
Once he is over
his initial shock, Percy begins interrogating Simon about his family
history, education, career and favorite sports. Feeling pressured
to impress his prospective father-in-law, Simon boasts of his (nonexistent)
past as a NASCAR driver, which only serves to arouse Percy’s
suspicions.
Regardless,
Simon’s repeated attempts to make a good impression are futile.
Percy rebuffs him at every turn -- with hilarious results -- and
makes it his mission to expose Simon as a fraud and undermine his
daughter’s new relationship.
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INTERRACIAL DATING MOVIE WEEKEND:
A Commentary on GUESS WHO, BEAUTY SHOP and the Dreams of Dr. Martin Luther King
The weekend of April 1-3 was a very interesting weekend for me at the movies. Friday night, I saw a double feature of Guess Who and Hitch at a drive-in movie (there are still a few of those left). Saturday night, I saw Beauty Shop at the multiplex with a bunch of my friends. As we sat at Starbucks debriefing Beauty Shop and the other two films I saw, a friend commented, “Wow! I guess you can label this weekend Interracial Dating Movie Weekend, huh?” I laughed of course; but then I started to think deeper about her comments.
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| Why on earth a black girl with a father like Percy Jones wouldn’t inform her parents that her new boyfriend—indeed, her fiancé—is white before bringing him home is beyond me. But the opposite scenario (a white girl bringing home a black fiancé) worked well enough for the 1967 classic Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?; so why not try it again here?
Surprisingly, this film isn’t all that bad. Sure, it goes for the cheap laugh at times. It also relies a little too heavily on clichés—such as the controlling father who makes it practically impossible for his daughter’s suitor to meet his ever more ridiculous demands—and coincidences—fiancé Simon Green needs money, his future father-in-law just happens to be a loans officer. Even so, the film features a number of funny moments and several impressive performances, most notably from Bernie Mac, who radiates a delightfully dangerous intensity throughout. The female leads are also impressive, and even Ashton Kuchter isn’t all that bad as the sad sack fiancé. Despite its levity, Guess Who? is not afraid to wade into the racial issues that made the original film so controversial. What this film seems to be saying is, as much as we try to deny it, race matters. The question is; what are we going to do about it? Pretend as if we don’t see people in terms of color, as Simon contends, or be up front about our biases and prejudices like Percy, even if it means hurting others? Obviously, neither position is healthy; and most of the film’s laughs arise from the characters’ struggle to find a balance between these two extremes.
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