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Brothers Bloom, The
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58
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70
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Rudo y Cursi
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Seraphine
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Sin Nombre
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Song of Sparrows, The
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88
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74
Two Lovers
83
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60
Under Our Skin
69
Unmistaken Child
69
Valentino: The Last Emperor
22
What Goes Up
45
Whatever Works
57
Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love
91
Hurt Locker, The
89
Goodbye Solo
88
Tulpan
87
Gomorrah
86
Seraphine
84
Summer Hours
83
U2 3D
83
Revanche
83
Tyson
82
Burma VJ: Reporting from a Closed Country
82
Sugar
82
Hunger
82
Anvil! The Story of Anvil
81
Il Divo
81
Beaches of Agnes, The
80
Food, Inc.
80
Tokyo Sonata
79
Harvard Beats Yale 29-29
78
Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story, The
78
O'Horten
77
Every Little Step
77
Sin Nombre
75
24 City
74
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74
Afghan Star
74
Two Lovers
74
Song of Sparrows, The
74
Lemon Tree
71
Pressure Cooker
71
Jerichow
70
Shall We Kiss?
70
Tony Manero
70
End of the Line, The
69
Valentino: The Last Emperor
69
Unmistaken Child
67
$9.99
67
Rudo y Cursi
67
Girlfriend Experience, The
66
Adoration
66
Moon
65
Sex Positive
65
Departures
64
Outrage
64
Examined Life
64
Throw Down Your Heart
64
Lymelife
63
Tokyo!
63
Cheri
63
Dead Snow
63
Tetro
63
Great Buck Howard, The
62
Cherry Blossoms
62
Big Man Japan
62
Not Forgotten
61
Sunshine Cleaning
60
Under Our Skin
59
Sleep Dealer
58
Julia
58
Easy Virtue
57
Away We Go
57
Merry Gentleman, The
57
Youssou Ndour: I Bring What I Love
56
Girl from Monaco, The
56
American Violet
55
Brothers Bloom, The
54
Is Anybody There?
54
Pontypool
54
Stoning of Soraya M., The
52
Quiet Chaos
50
Management
48
Alien Trespass
45
Whatever Works
42
Little Ashes
42
Tennessee
40
Limits of Control, The
40
Paris 36
38
Gigantic
36
Life is Hot in Cracktown
35
New York
28
Big Shot-Caller, The
28
Surveillance
22
What Goes Up
18
Downloading Nancy
16
I Hate Valentine's Day
xx
Call of the Wild
xx
Home
xx
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Guess Who
Columbia Pictures / Sony Pictures Entertainment
FILM:
MPAA 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)
| 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: |
DVD: August 2, 2005
Theatrical: March 25, 2005
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| RUNNING TIME: |
103 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |

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...
88
Baltimore Sun
Michael Sragow
The movie's sweetness, wit and charm go beyond its can't-we-all-just-get-along premise.

75
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.

75
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.

75
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
A lot of frivolous but genuine laughs.

75
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
A comedy as likable as its stars.

75
Charlotte Observer
Lawrence Toppman
This is his (Kutcher) most relaxed and sensitive work on film.

70
The Hollywood Reporter
Michael Rechtshaffen
Packs plenty of crowd-pleasing appeal.

70
LA Weekly
Chuck Wilson
Has surprising depth and charm, descriptors never before ascribed to a movie starring Ashton Kutcher.

63
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
A palatable film. It offers a few solid laughs and will provoke some smiles.

63
Miami Herald
Rene Rodriguez
By film's end, you realize you've sat through an effective rip-off of "Meet the Parents."

63
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
The movie will please those looking for easy physical comedy.

60
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.

60
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.

60
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.

60
Film Threat
Pete Vonder Haar
It has its share of eye-rolling moments, but at its heart there's a decent story.

58
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.

58
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.

50
Salon.com
Stephanie Zacharek
The super-duper whiteness of Ashton Kutcher is funny. Just not funny enough.

50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)
Rick Groen
Guess who sings tired old tune.

50
Chicago Reader
J.R. Jones
A pleasant but tepid comedy.

50
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
Guess what? It's almost bearable.

50
Chicago Tribune
Allison Benedikt
Just doesn't have the same zing.

50
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.

50
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.

50
New York Daily News
Elizabeth Weitzman
A disappointing retread of a bunch of better movies.

40
Empire
Staff (Not credited)
Mildly amusing.

40
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.

40
The Onion (A.V. Club)
Nathan Rabin
An implausible, wildly protracted setup that drags on forever before reaching a payoff that barely registers.

40
Austin Chronicle
Marjorie Baumgarten
The makers of Guess Who appear to have given more thought to targeting an audience than building a believable movie.

40
Variety
Brian Lowry
If only as much thought went into the script for this listless comedy as its marketing calculus.

40
Village Voice
Peter L'Official
The script's lack of nerve fails to challenge him (Mac) or its audience with enough dangerous humor.

38
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
It's the audience that gets punk'd in this crass and sloppy comic recycling.

38
USA Today
Claudia Puig
A succession of tired race jokes made worse by the bad comedic timing of the bland, under-talented Ashton Kutcher.

25
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.

20
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.

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