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88The movie's sweetness, wit and charm go beyond its can't-we-all-just-get-along premise.
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75If 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.
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75A comedy as likable as its stars.
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75A lot of frivolous but genuine laughs.
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75This is his (Kutcher) most relaxed and sensitive work on film.
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75Surprise! After a clumsy opening, Guess Who goes down very smoothly. Its cast is appealing, its script is often clever and imaginative.
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70Packs plenty of crowd-pleasing appeal.
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70Has surprising depth and charm, descriptors never before ascribed to a movie starring Ashton Kutcher.
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63By film's end, you realize you've sat through an effective rip-off of "Meet the Parents."
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63The movie will please those looking for easy physical comedy.
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63A palatable film. It offers a few solid laughs and will provoke some smiles.
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60It has its share of eye-rolling moments, but at its heart there's a decent story.
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60To say it's better than it has any right to be gives the original too much credit and the remake not enough.
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60If Guess Who were either a whole lot funnier, or a whole lot less funny, it would be a far better film.
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60Might 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.
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58Guess 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.
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58The verdict? Could have been worse. Yes, it's a slightly hollow endorsement, but Guess Who is probably worth your matinee/pub-theater dollar.
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50Guess what? It's almost bearable.
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50Just doesn't have the same zing.
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50A disappointing retread of a bunch of better movies.
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50Guess who sings tired old tune.
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50The super-duper whiteness of Ashton Kutcher is funny. Just not funny enough.
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50Director 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.
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50So 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.
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50A pleasant but tepid comedy.
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40Despite the sluggish opening, Kutcher and Bernie Mac ensure that this predictably plotted comedy of preposterous misunderstandings is occasionally quite funny.
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40Mildly amusing.
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40The makers of Guess Who appear to have given more thought to targeting an audience than building a believable movie.
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40An implausible, wildly protracted setup that drags on forever before reaching a payoff that barely registers.
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The script's lack of nerve fails to challenge him (Mac) or its audience with enough dangerous humor.
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40If only as much thought went into the script for this listless comedy as its marketing calculus.
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38It's the audience that gets punk'd in this crass and sloppy comic recycling.
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38A succession of tired race jokes made worse by the bad comedic timing of the bland, under-talented Ashton Kutcher.
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25Sadly it's been botched. Guess Who serves up such flat dialogue and stilted situations that it's hard to sit through.
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20Guess 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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MikeB.8It's not a great-class movie. But I kept laughing. It was sweet. I was charmed. I liked it! 8.
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c4Weak dialouge - weak delivery - weak movie, Snoozer.