It just occured to me that assigning Percy (Bernie Mac) the stereotype-bashing trait of being a Jeff Gordon fan works against "Guess Who". If an African-American man likes the predominantly white sport of NASCAR, wouldn't he be more at ease with the prospect of a Caucasian son-in law than the black man who won't pay mind to a sport in which he's underrepresented? "Guess Who" is interesting, fleetingly, at the dinner table, when Theresa (Zoe Saldana) should yell, "Stop! I'm dating a white man!" like she did in the cab, but for real this time, because Simon is more white man than fiance when he's telling those jokes. But "Guess Who" doesn't have the agenda of seriously exploring its premise like "East is East" (a film about an Indian/British union), which is fine, but scenes like the auto race and when they have to share the same bed are not at all funny. Ashton Kutchner isn't a comic actor, and Bernie Mac's forte isn't of the physical variety. The Mac persona from "The Kings of Comedy" positioned in a film that made a real attempt to deal with this, unfortunately, still-timely material, might've been something interesting to watch. "Guess Who" is so meek, it gets overshadowed by the subplot about Theresa's parents and their renewed wedding vows.… Expand

This movie was halarious almost peed my pants.

Reallly good. really funny.

Worth it if you enjoy the comic stylings of Bernie Mac and Ashton Kutcher. Not if you don't. Simple as that.

It's an okay flick. Nothing stunning, but not a get up out of my chair and leave the theater show, either. I just wanted to say, however, does it seem to anyone else that Mark B.'s review below reeks of someone's who has some stock in the movie? Is Mark B. a pseudonym for Ashton? The director? The producer? Just curious.

Absolutely terrible! The plot was exactly the same as Meet the Parents (minus Ben Stiller). All the jokes were exactly the same as in Bringing Down the House (which had no redeeming qualities at all). All of the other dialogue was straight out of the book on romantic comedy clichés.

Really funny!!! good story line too!

Guess Who? starring Ashton Kutcher and Bernie Mac tries to be a lot of things: a romantic comedy, an epistle for racial acceptance, even a buddy-movie when Ashton and Bernie temporarily team up to take on a gang of angry women. But the movie is atrocious on all of these accounts. If you want to put the movie in simplistic terms, it's basically Meet the Parents but with black people in it. Take the usual formual: dad doesn't like new boyfriend, new boyfriend is hiding a secret, secret is exposed, there is a period of conflict, and then the conflict is resolved in a "heartfelt" speech made by the protagonist. If this seems pretty ho-hum to, that's because it is. It doesn't help matters that the romance between Ashton and Zoe Saldana never really click, or that Bernie Mac is the captain of a sinking boat. What you get is roughly 90 minutes of excruciating "entertainment", packed in with predictable racial jokes that range from cliche to embarassing (for the writers responsible for them, anyway). There's exactly four things redeeming about this movie: Ashton's new haircut for the ladies, the cab driver's quip one-liners, Bernie Mac's assitant who almost steals the movie, and a romantic scene between Ashton and Zoe in a gun placement outlook (reminds me of a Hemingway novel for some reason). But that's hardly worth the price of admission. See it with friends if you must and can afford the time, money, and emotional shellshock it will likely inflict. I've heard friends who've been through traumatizing ordeals develop stronger bonds.… Expand

Once in a great while the unexpected happens. Parts of the continental United States get snow in June, flipped coins land on their sides, and Hollywood does a remake that's infinitely superior to the original in every way. (The famous 1941 version of The Maltese Falcon starring Humphrey Bogart was Warner Bros. THIRD attempt at the material.) Stanley Kramer's undeniably well-intentioned comedy-drama Guess Who's Coming To Dinner is notable only for being Katherine Hepburn's and Spencer Tracy's final on-screen pairing, and even there, nobody's rushing to compare it favorably with Woman of the Year or Adam's Rib. Ostensibly a satire about a father's reaction to his daughter's interracial relationship, about the only thing it proved is that it's perfectly acceptable for a White woman to marry a Black man...if the Black man is Sidney Poitier. (Frankly, I think that even Archie Bunker would've preferred that daughter Gloria marry Poitier's character rather than the Meathead--at least Poitier's could have paid for his own living quarters.) In 1967, Kramer's movie became outdated and outmoded the second it came out, and it was especially sad that Poitier lost credibility for playing such an impossibly perfect character in it the same year he gained tremendous respect (and made film history) for slapping a racist back in In the Heat of the Night. Almost 40 years later, along comes the admittedly high-concept Guess Who, in which Bernie Mac plays a well-to-do Black dad who questions his daughter's relationship with a White guy (Ashton Kutcher); beyond the surface cleverness of the racial reversal, this variation is far deeper, more thoughtful and intelligent, and better written. For starters, it's not just about race but about a father protecting his young; while it's unquestionable that Mac would be initially more accepting of his daughter's choice had he been Black (as is demonstrated in the scene with the driver), Mac also has issues with Kutcher's integrity, his ability to support a wife, and even his drinking habits. The controversial dinner table sequence, in which Mac goads Kutcher into telling a string of ill-advised racial jokes is one of a series of tests that Mac puts Kutcher through; forcing Kutcher to share a bed with him rather than his daughter is another. Guess Who's least successful moments, such as the silly go-kart race, are the overtly farcical ones that seem to have been made specifically for the trailer; the late Gene Siskel used to comment on how much he liked movie scenes in which characters just sat down and talked with one another, and Guess Who, which features lots of witty, perceptive moments in which Mac and Kutcher, Kutcher and his fiancee (the lovely Zoe Saldana) and Mac and his wife (the equally lovely Judith Scott) discuss their lives, relationships and futures, would've made Siskel very happy. The writers also give Guess Who an added dimension they didn't have to, but which works beautifully in the context: a recurrent theme of incorrect perceptions, assumptions and generalizations that even the movie's most intelligent, well-informed characters make about each other. This occurs early on in a bit that has been compared to Meet the Parents where Kutcher lies to Mac based on Kutcher's stereotyped ideas about what sports a Black man would or wouldn't be interested in; the theme really pays off late in the film when Mac makes an equally incorrect generalization about a minor supporting character. Mac, of course, is perfect in his role; as he previously showed in last year's undervalued, underseen gem Mr. 3000, he's a master at blending perfect believability with crackerjack comic timing. As for Kutcher, let's hope this movie turns things around for him. Even though he was extremely likable in Just Married, very credible in a dramatic role in the Bradburyesque sci-fi thriller The Butterfly Effect, and of course utterly hilarious as the dense but totally self-centered Kelso in TV's That 70's Show, he's the male version of Jennifer Lopez; both are good actors who are unfairly dissed because people don't like their offscreen personal lives. Kutcher is warmly three-dimensional and sympathetic here; to say he holds his own with Mac in every scene is a real compliment. Guess Who at its best (and it's often at its best) bears favorable comparison with a classic Spencer Tracy movie that's far superior to Guess Who's Coming to Dinner: the original Father of the Bride.… Expand

Great.

This movie was funny and honest. It gave a perfect reflection of what it would be like to be either in that situation. Its not geared to one side.

It just wasn't very funny.

This movie is funny, benie mac and ashton kutcher both do a good job and work well together. This is a lot like meet the parents but i like it more than both meet the parents and meet the fockers. If you have a choice between the two, i would pick guess who its meet the parents with a little more humor.

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!

It's not a great-class movie. But I kept laughing. It was sweet. I was charmed. I liked it! 8.

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.

Weak dialouge - weak delivery - weak movie, Snoozer.

Wanted to give it a 6.5.... This movie was rather entertaining, mostly because of Ashton Kutcher's great comedic timing.... Bernie Mac actually lowered my score.... I'm so tired of his black jokes.... No one cares!!! Worth seeing if you have nothing better to do.

This movie was great, really funny and silly, a lot of laughs. There were a few cheesy moments, but they can be forgiven because of how hilarious Bernie Mac and Ashton Kutcher are.