The defence The Prestige Tourist
“Sincerity is not manipulation.”
The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.
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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Drama · Romance · 1967
A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fiancé who is black.
Movie details
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
“A love story of today.”
1967 Drama · Romance 1h 48m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
7.6 / 10
Community rating
A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fiancé who is black.
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's Coming to Dinner?
For the defence
The Prestige Tourist
“You like your greatness pre-approved.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Stanley Kramer
Written by
William Rose
Spencer Tracy
Matt Drayton
Sidney Poitier
John Prentice
Katharine Hepburn
Christina Drayton
Katharine Houghton
Joanna "Joey" Drayton
Cecil Kellaway
Monsignor Ryan
Beah Richards
Mrs. Prentice
Roy Glenn
Mr. Prentice
Court is in session
Put Guess Who's Coming to Dinner on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist
“The strings are showing.”
Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.