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Guess Who
EMAILPRINTColumbia Pictures / Sony Pictures Entertainment

Mixed or average reviews
Based on 35 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 26 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Comedy | Romance
Written by:
David Ronn (also story)
Jay Scherick (also story)
Peter Tolan
William Rose (motion picture Guess Who's Coming To Dinner)
Directed by: Kevin Rodney Sullivan
Release Date:
Theatrical: March 25, 2005
DVD: August 2, 2005
Running Time: 103 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: PG-13 for sex-related humor
Starring Bernie Mac, Ashton Kutcher, Zoe Saldana, Judith Scott, Sherri Shepherd, Jessica Cauffiel, RonReaco Lee, and Kellee Stewart
Kevin Rodney Sullivan directs this decidedly modern take on an overprotective, but living, father (Mac) confronted with the unexpected arrival of his prospective son-in-law (Kutcher). (Sony)
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Also On The Web: Internet Movie Database View The Trailer Official Studio Site
What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Baltimore Sun Michael Sragow
The movie's sweetness, wit and charm go beyond its can't-we-all-just-get-along premise.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >Charlotte Observer Lawrence Toppman
This is his (Kutcher) most relaxed and sensitive work on film.
Read Full Review >The Hollywood Reporter Michael Rechtshaffen
Packs plenty of crowd-pleasing appeal.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly Chuck Wilson
Has surprising depth and charm, descriptors never before ascribed to a movie starring Ashton Kutcher.
Read Full Review >ReelViews James Berardinelli
A palatable film. It offers a few solid laughs and will provoke some smiles.
Read Full Review >Miami Herald Rene Rodriguez
By film's end, you realize you've sat through an effective rip-off of "Meet the Parents."
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Wesley Morris
The movie will please those looking for easy physical comedy.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >Film Threat Pete Vonder Haar
It has its share of eye-rolling moments, but at its heart there's a decent story.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >Salon.com Stephanie Zacharek
The super-duper whiteness of Ashton Kutcher is funny. Just not funny enough.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
A disappointing retread of a bunch of better movies.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Nathan Rabin
An implausible, wildly protracted setup that drags on forever before reaching a payoff that barely registers.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Marjorie Baumgarten
The makers of Guess Who appear to have given more thought to targeting an audience than building a believable movie.
Read Full Review >Variety Brian Lowry
If only as much thought went into the script for this listless comedy as its marketing calculus.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Peter L'Official
The script's lack of nerve fails to challenge him (Mac) or its audience with enough dangerous humor.
Read Full Review >New York Post Lou Lumenick
It's the audience that gets punk'd in this crass and sloppy comic recycling.
Read Full Review >USA Today Claudia Puig
A succession of tired race jokes made worse by the bad comedic timing of the bland, under-talented Ashton Kutcher.
Read Full Review >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.
Read Full Review >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.
What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 6.6 (out of 10) based on 26 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Jalex D. gave it a10:
A highly entertaining and important take on a classic film. Bernie Mac and Ashton Kutcher really make this film work. Otherwise, it would have been mostly average.
Mike B. gave it an8:
It's not a great-class movie. But I kept laughing. It was sweet. I was charmed. I liked it! 8.
c gave it a4:
Weak dialouge - weak delivery - weak movie, Snoozer.
Marshall M. gave it a9:
Reallly good. really funny.
Mercedes W. gave it a10:
I thought this movie was great and funny! It reminds of my dad when he first met my boyfriend who happens to be white (not that it matters). Except for my boyfriend did not crack jokes and my dad was not as tough as Bernie!
jac m. gave it an8:
Great.
Michael D. gave it a1:
This is probabley the worst movie Ashton Kutcher has been in, and he's been in some crappy movies. It sucked with cliche lines and by terribly trying to copycat meet the parents minus the fun but plus annoyance. I cannot stand movies with no originality like this. And one of the worst parts is that everytime in the movie they think they have a plot/joke there isn't any. makes you go like "Huh! was this supposed to be funny?" it's just blunt. In terms of lowness, this movie is right there with xxx and undercover brother, makes you wanna take a shower and forget all the disgust you got from the crappines of the movies like this.
