Guess Who (2005)

User Rating:

5.7/10   

Director:

Kevin Rodney Sullivan

Writers (WGA):

William Rose (motion picture "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner")
David Ronn (story) ...

Release Date:

25 March 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Romance

Tagline:

His house. His rules. Some in-laws were made to be broken.

Plot:

A sarcastic father (Mac) has plenty to say about his daughter wanting to marry a white boy (Kutcher).

Plot Keywords:

Engagement | Argument | Mother Daughter Relationship | Dating | Hugging

Awards:

16 nominations

Cast

Bernie Mac	...	Percy Jones
Ashton Kutcher	...	Simon Green
Zoe Saldana	...	Theresa Jones (as Zoë Saldaña)
Judith Scott	...	Marilyn Jones
Hal Williams	...	Howard Jones
Kellee Stewart	...	Keisha Jones
Robert Curtis Brown	...	Dante
RonReaco Lee	...	Reggie (as Ronreaco Lee)
Paula Newsome	...	Darlene
Phil Reeves	...	Fred
Sherri Shepherd	...	Sydney
Nicole Sullivan	...	Liz Klein
Jessica Cauffiel	...	Polly
JoNell Kennedy	...	Winnie (as Jonell Kennedy)
Niecy Nash	...	Naomi

Also Known As:

The Dinner Party (USA) (original script title)
Untitled Bernie Mac/Ashton Kutcher Project (USA) (working title)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sex-related humor.

Runtime:

105 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Germany:o.Al. | Argentina:13 | Taiwan:PG-12 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Zurich) | Finland:K-3 | Iceland:L | Malaysia:U | USA:PG-13 (certificate #40123) | South Korea:12 | Australia:M | Brazil:10 | Ireland:12A | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | UK:12A | Sweden:Btl | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva)

Filming Locations:

Cartagena Street, Long Beach, California, USA

Company:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Trivia:

At an estimated cost of $100,000, digital effects were used to remove Ashton Kutcher's red Kabbalah bracelet in every scene in which he appeared.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: The bottle containing Keisha's green juice is pressurized. If it's inverted, nothing comes out. To drink from it, you have to keep it upright and squeeze the bottle.

Quotes:

Percy: Hi. Reservation for Percy Jones.
Polly: And that's Jones with a "J"?
Percy: No, Jones with a "P". I made the reservation last week.
Simon Green: You knew you were gonna kick me out a week ago?
Percy: Son, I knew I was gonna kick you out 24 years ago... when the doctor announced it was a girl.
Polly: Here you are.
Percy: Good.
Polly: We gave your room away.
Percy: What?
Polly: Check in was at 4:00.
[...]

Movie Connections:

Referenced in The Dialogue: An Interview with Screenwriter Peter Tolan (2007) (V)

Soundtrack:

You'll Never Find Another Love Like Mine

Tony the Tiger says, "It'sssss...not that great"

It wasn't horrible, don't get me wrong. However, if you are going out to see a good romantic-comedy type movie I would suggest something else. Hitch for example. 'Hitch' is everything this movie is not. It is funny, fast paced, with great chemistry between actors, and a good leading male in Will Smith. 'Guess Who' however was incredibly predictable and slow moving at times. While there were a lot of "funny" parts in the movie, there was nothing in it that I laughed out loud at. The jokes were forced out for the most part, and the actors looked like they were going through the motions. There didn't seem to be much chemistry between the the leading male and female in this. At no point did I feel I was looking at real characters. I just felt I was seeing Bernie Mac playing the role of the father, and Ashton playing the 'boyfriend'. Ashton was silly while trying to be funny, which is his style and personality. But he was unconvincing and awkward while trying to be serious. Ashton is just in over his head with this kind of acting. He was in his element with the show 'Punked', and 'Dude Where's my Car?'.

In short, this is one I would suggest waiting to see on video. If you were thinking of a good evening out, I would suggest Hitch or go with a totally different genre of movie.