Guess Who (2005)

Regisseur:

Kevin Rodney Sullivan

Drehbuchautoren (WGA):

William Rose (motion picture "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner")
David Ronn (story) ...

Premierendatum:

25. März 2005 (USA)

Genre:

Komödie | Romanze

Werbezeile:

Some in-laws were made to be broken.

Plot:

A sarcastic father (Mac) has plenty to say about his daughter wanting to marry a white boy (Kutcher).

Plot Keywords:

New Jersey | Family | Banking | Party Planning | Homosexual

Filmpreise:

16 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

An Enjoyable Light Comedy

Besetzung

Bernie Mac	...	Percy Jones
Ashton Kutcher	...	Simon Green
Zoe Saldana	...	Theresa Jones (as Zoë Saldaña)
Judith Scott	...	Marilyn Jones
Hal Williams	...	Howard Jones
Kellee Stewart	...	Keisha Jones
Robert Curtis Brown	...	Dante
RonReaco Lee	...	Reggie (as Ronreaco Lee)
Paula Newsome	...	Darlene
Phil Reeves	...	Fred
Sherri Shepherd	...	Sydney
Nicole Sullivan	...	Liz Klein
Jessica Cauffiel	...	Polly
JoNell Kennedy	...	Winnie (as Jonell Kennedy)
Niecy Nash	...	Naomi

Alternativ:

The Dinner Party (USA) (original script title)
Untitled Bernie Mac/Ashton Kutcher Project (USA) (working title)
Guess who - Meine Tochter kriegst du nicht! (Österreich) (Deutschland) [de]

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for sex-related humor.

Länge:

105 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Altersfreigabe:

Malaysia:U | Taiwan:PG-12 | Finland:K-3 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Zurich) | South Korea:12 | USA:PG-13 (certificate #40123) | Iceland:L | Argentina:13 | Germany:o.Al. | Australia:M | Brazil:10 | Ireland:12A | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | UK:12A | Sweden:Btl | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva)

Drehorte:

Cartagena Street, Long Beach, California, USA

Firma:

Columbia Pictures Corporation

Dies und das:

At an estimated cost of $100,000, digital effects were used to remove Ashton Kutcher's red Kabbalah bracelet in every scene in which he appeared.

Pannen:

Faktische Fehler: The sign on Reggie's computer at the bank reads FCID. It should read FDIC, for Federal Deposit Insurance Company- a federal organization that protects people's bank accounts.

Dialogzitate:

Percy: If you're gonna marry one of these women, sometimes it's gonna hurt like hell. And all you can do is admit that you're wrong and know that she's always right.
Simon Green: She's right?
Percy: That's right.
Simon Green: Always?
Percy: Right.
Simon Green: Right.
Percy: That's right.
Simon Green: All right okay, what about all that talk about my dignity?
Percy: Do you love her? Do you want her? Then she's always right.

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Bezug enthalten in Crossover (2006)

Soundtrack:

Queremos Paz

An Enjoyable Light Comedy

Percy Jones (Bernie Mac) is trying to protect his daughter Theresa (Zoe Saldana) from ending up with the wrong guy, and though he does a thorough background check on her new boyfriend Simon (Ashton Kutcher), there's only one thing his research didn't tell him. He's white and he wants to marry his daughter.

The "meeting the parents" premise has been done to death recently with Monster-in Law and Meet the Fockers being the most recent films. However, what the film lacks in originality, it makes it up with laughs. There were a lot of funny moments and the movie hardly ever got boring. However, most of the funny bits were used in the trailer and this makes the jokes a little less effective since they are already expected. Also, the repeat value of the movie is very low. It's worth watching once but that's pretty much it. I don't think that's a bad thing since most light comedies are like that.

I think the film works well because of the two leads. Both Bernie Mac and Ashton Kutcher give funny performances and they have nice chemistry together. Their scenes were the best and they never felt forced. Zoe Saldana also gives a good performance and she has come a long way from appearing in Crossroads. Most of the supporting actors are also funny including Judith Scott, who plays Bernie Mac's wife. Mike Epps also makes a cameo though it wasn't that good.

Kevin Rodney Sullivan directs and he only does an okay job. The first half of the film is pretty funny and the racial issues are handled lightly. During the second half, the film becomes all serious and it's kind of awkward. The director ditches the laughs for awhile and he approaches the issue in a mature manner. It kind of works but some of the serious scenes felt fake. It seemed like the actors were about to burst out laughing at any second and the film also got kind of dull. The ending was surprisingly strong though. The changes of tone in the film worked out okay but they weren't as effective as they could have been. In the end, Guess Who is worth a rental, nothing more though. Rating 7/10