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Guess Who

Guess Who

Comedy · Romance · 2005

When a young African-American woman brings her fiancé home to meet her parents, she's neglected to mention one tiny detail – he's white.

Movie details

Guess Who

“Some in-laws were made to be broken.”

2005 Comedy · Romance 1h 45m

Critical arithmetic

The consensus, allegedly.

IMDb

5.9 / 10

46.6K votes

Rotten Tomatoes

41 %

Tomatometer

Metacritic

49 / 100

Metascore

TMDB

6.0 / 10

Community rating

External scores via OMDb · CC BY-NC 4.0. Values normalized for display; availability varies by title.

When a young African-American woman brings her fiancé home to meet her parents, she's neglected to mention one tiny detail – he's white.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Guess Who?

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Kevin Rodney Sullivan

Written by

David Ronn · Peter Tolan · Jay Scherick

Bernie Mac

Bernie Mac

Percy Jones

Ashton Kutcher

Ashton Kutcher

Simon Green

Zoe Saldaña

Zoe Saldaña

Theresa Jones

Judith Scott

Judith Scott

Marilyn Jones

Hal Williams

Hal Williams

Howard Jones

Kellee Stewart

Kellee Stewart

Keisha Jones

Robert Curtis Brown

Robert Curtis Brown

Dante

Court is in session

Put Guess Who on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.