White Chicks (2004)

User Rating:

5.0/10   

Director:

Keenen Ivory Wayans

Writers (WGA):

Keenen Ivory Wayans (screenplay) &
Shawn Wayans (screenplay) ...

Release Date:

23 June 2004 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Comedy

Plot:

Two disgraced FBI agents go way undercover in an effort to protect hotel heiresses the Wilson Sisters from a kidnapping plot.

Plot Keywords:

FBI | Undercover | Federal Bureau Of Investigation | Heiress | Dancing

Awards:

2 wins & 8 nominations

Cast

Shawn Wayans	...	Kevin Copeland
Marlon Wayans	...	Marcus Copeland
Jaime King	...	Heather Vandergeld
Frankie Faison	...	Chief Elliott Gordon
Lochlyn Munro	...	Agent Jake Harper
John Heard	...	Warren Vandergeld
Busy Philipps	...	Karen
Terry Crews	...	Latrell Spencer
Brittany Daniel	...	Megan Vandergeld
Eddie Velez	...	Agent Vincent Gomez
Jessica Cauffiel	...	Tori
Maitland Ward	...	Brittany Wilson
Anne Dudek	...	Tiffany Wilson
Rochelle Aytes	...	Denise Porter
Jennifer Carpenter	...	Lisa

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for crude and sexual humor, language and some drug content.

Runtime:

109 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Indonesia:Dewasa | Brazil:12 | Iceland:L | Ireland:12PG (cut) | Ireland:15 (uncut) | South Korea:15 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Canada:14A | Chile:TE | Finland:K-11 | Germany:6 | Netherlands:MG6 | Norway:11 | Peru:PT | Philippines:PG-13 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | UK:12A (original rating) | UK:15 (video rating) (2004) | USA:PG-13 (No. 40133) | USA:Unrated (uncut DVD version) | Malaysia:18SX

Filming Locations:

British Columbia, Canada

Company:

Revolution Studios

Trivia:

The joke about the breast milk into powder came straight from something Rickey Smiley said on BET's ComicView in 1999.

Goofs:

Continuity: When "Brittney" and "Tiffany" are doing the girls hair and toes for the sleepover, both the girls hands are clearly not white while the rest of their bodies are.

Quotes:

Kevin Copeland: Forget him, Marcus. We can do this ourselves. Look, all we gotta is if, if, if...
Marcus Copeland: Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. "We?" Kevin, this ain't about "we." It's never been. It's about you. You come up with some stupid idea and I'm dumb enough to go along with it. And look where its gotten me, Kevin. I just lost my wife and my job because of you. So, don't tell me about "we" no more, all right?

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in "MADtv: (#12.3)" (2006)

Soundtrack:

Realest Niggas

Watch Out For Those White Chicks

I didn't like any of the Wayans movies, the 'Scary Movie' franchise being the worst but 'White Chicks' comes as quite a nice surprise. It's actually quite funny and has some laugh-out-loud moments. Keenan Ivory Wayans finally offers a film that's actually funny without heading too much towards the direction of horrendous stupidity. Shawn Wayans and Marlon Wayans are supported by a competent cast that includes Lochlyn Munro, Jaime King, John Heard, Anne Dudek, Busy Philipps and Frankie Faison. I find Marlon Wayans unbearably annoying in his other films but here he is quite likable and his character is more mature than the crap he played in other films. Shawn Wayans did show signs of a good actor in 'Requiem For A Dream' and here he does a decent job. Both actors are excellent as the white chicks. However, 'White Chicks' isn't without its share of flaws. The opening sequence makes you want to walk away from the movie. Some of the comedy just falls flat and some of the toiler humour is overdone. Yet, in spite of that the movie works as a brilliant comedy. I love the scenes where Marlon's character returns home after partying and he dozes off while his wife is whining, Latrell's lust for 'Brittany', 'Brittany' and 'Tiffany' wanting to listen to hip-hop in the car but their friends prefer something else... there are quite a few such moments that got me laughing out loud.