Guess Who (PG-13)

Quicklook Rating★★

synopsis

Percy Jones takes great pride in the knowledge that he is always right, especially when it comes to the welfare of his family. When his daughter Theresa brings her new boyfriend, Simon Green, home to meet Percy and his wife Marilyn, he is unaware that Simon has already proposed to Theresa and plans to announce the engagement at Percy and Marilyn's 25th anniversary party. As far as Percy's concerned, no man will ever be good enough for his baby girl and the long line of struggling-artist types Theresa has dated so far has only served to bolster his conviction. So that there are no unpleasant surprises this time around, Percy, a bank loan officer, runs a credit check on Simon. The young man, a successful stockbroker, certainly looks good on paper, and for the first time, Percy is actually looking forward to meeting one of his daughter's boyfriends. However, the young man he has envisioned -- a dazzling combination of Denzel Washington, Colin Powell and Tiger Woods -- is not who arrives at his doorstep. Percy is aghast and more than a little indignant when his daughter presents her decidedly Caucasian boyfriend.

MovieGoer Review

The tables are turned in this loose remake of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, which owes more to Meet the Parents and The Bernie Mac Show than the then-controversial 1967 race-relations social satire. Instead of Spencer Tracy grilling Sidney ... MORE

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synopsis

Percy Jones takes great pride in the knowledge that he is always right, especially when it comes to the welfare of his family. When his daughter Theresa brings her new boyfriend, Simon Green, home to meet Percy and his wife Marilyn, he is unaware that Simon has already proposed to Theresa and plans to announce the engagement at Percy and Marilyn's 25th anniversary party. As far as Percy's concerned, no man will ever be good enough for his baby girl and the long line of struggling-artist types Theresa has dated so far has only served to bolster his conviction. So that there are no unpleasant surprises this time around, Percy, a bank loan officer, runs a credit check on Simon. The young man, a successful stockbroker, certainly looks good on paper, and for the first time, Percy is actually looking forward to meeting one of his daughter's boyfriends. However, the young man he has envisioned -- a dazzling combination of Denzel Washington, Colin Powell and Tiger Woods -- is not who arrives at his doorstep. Percy is aghast and more than a little indignant when his daughter presents her decidedly Caucasian boyfriend.

MovieGoer Review

The tables are turned in this loose remake of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, which owes more to Meet the Parents and The Bernie Mac Show than the then-controversial 1967 race-relations social satire. Instead of Spencer Tracy grilling Sidney ... MORE