Guess Who

Baltimore Sun Michael Sragow

The movie's sweetness, wit and charm go beyond its can't-we-all-just-get-along premise.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold

Surprise! After a clumsy opening, Guess Who goes down very smoothly. Its cast is appealing, its script is often clever and imaginative.

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

If the movie had spent more time walking that tightrope between the acceptable and the offensive, between what we have in common and what divides us, it would have been more daring.

San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle

A lot of frivolous but genuine laughs.

Philadelphia Inquirer Carrie Rickey

A comedy as likable as its stars.

Charlotte Observer Lawrence Toppman

This is his (Kutcher) most relaxed and sensitive work on film.

The Hollywood Reporter Michael Rechtshaffen

Packs plenty of crowd-pleasing appeal.

LA Weekly Chuck Wilson

Has surprising depth and charm, descriptors never before ascribed to a movie starring Ashton Kutcher.

ReelViews James Berardinelli

A palatable film. It offers a few solid laughs and will provoke some smiles.

Miami Herald Rene Rodriguez

By film's end, you realize you've sat through an effective rip-off of "Meet the Parents."

Boston Globe Wesley Morris

The movie will please those looking for easy physical comedy.

Washington Post Ann Hornaday

Might provide a much-needed fix for Mac's most ardent fans, but they'll have to wait for a star vehicle that fully exploits the range of his comic gifts.

Washington Post Michael O'Sullivan

If Guess Who were either a whole lot funnier, or a whole lot less funny, it would be a far better film.

Dallas Observer Robert Wilonsky

To say it's better than it has any right to be gives the original too much credit and the remake not enough.

Film Threat Pete Vonder Haar

It has its share of eye-rolling moments, but at its heart there's a decent story.

Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

Guess Who, with its PG-13 putdowns, turns into the kind of love story that Hollywood feels most comfortable with: a buddy movie, salt-and-pepper variety. All that's missing is the cop car.

Portland Oregonian M. E. Russell

The verdict? Could have been worse. Yes, it's a slightly hollow endorsement, but Guess Who is probably worth your matinee/pub-theater dollar.

Salon.com Stephanie Zacharek

The super-duper whiteness of Ashton Kutcher is funny. Just not funny enough.

The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Rick Groen

Guess who sings tired old tune.

Chicago Reader J.R. Jones

A pleasant but tepid comedy.

Rolling Stone Peter Travers

Guess what? It's almost bearable.

Chicago Tribune Allison Benedikt

Just doesn't have the same zing.

The New York Times Dana Stevens

So mild and thin that it doesn't inspire much of a reaction at all. With one exception - a dinner table scene that is by far the most memorable in the movie - the racial humor is studiously unprovocative.

Los Angeles Times Kevin Crust

Director Kevin Rodney Sullivan milks the film's one joke for all it's worth - which isn't much - before settling into the rote rhythms of a buddy picture.

New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman

A disappointing retread of a bunch of better movies.

Empire Staff (Not credited)

Mildly amusing.

TV Guide Angel Cohn

Despite the sluggish opening, Kutcher and Bernie Mac ensure that this predictably plotted comedy of preposterous misunderstandings is occasionally quite funny.

The Onion (A.V. Club) Nathan Rabin

An implausible, wildly protracted setup that drags on forever before reaching a payoff that barely registers.

Austin Chronicle Marjorie Baumgarten

The makers of Guess Who appear to have given more thought to targeting an audience than building a believable movie.

Variety Brian Lowry

If only as much thought went into the script for this listless comedy as its marketing calculus.

Village Voice Peter L'Official

The script's lack of nerve fails to challenge him (Mac) or its audience with enough dangerous humor.

New York Post Lou Lumenick

It's the audience that gets punk'd in this crass and sloppy comic recycling.

USA Today Claudia Puig

A succession of tired race jokes made worse by the bad comedic timing of the bland, under-talented Ashton Kutcher.

Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt

Sadly it's been botched. Guess Who serves up such flat dialogue and stilted situations that it's hard to sit through.

Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern

Guess Who is, impurely and simply, a comic premise borrowed, turned around and dumbed down to the level of sketch or sub-sketch humor.