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Avg. Critic Score: 49 out of 100 Mixed or average reviews Metascore® based on all critic reviews
Information for Parents:
13 Iffy for 13+
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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 75
    San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalle

    A lot of frivolous but genuine laughs. Read full review

  • 75
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    If the movie had spent more time walking that tightrope between the acceptable and the offensive, between what we have in common and what divides us, it would have been more daring. Read full review

  • 70
    The Hollywood Reporter | Michael Rechtshaffen

    Packs plenty of crowd-pleasing appeal. Read full review

  • 60
    Washington Post | Michael O'Sullivan

    If Guess Who were either a whole lot funnier, or a whole lot less funny, it would be a far better film. Read full review

  • 58
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    Guess Who, with its PG-13 putdowns, turns into the kind of love story that Hollywood feels most comfortable with: a buddy movie, salt-and-pepper variety. All that's missing is the cop car. Read full review

  • 50
    The New York Times | Dana Stevens

    So mild and thin that it doesn't inspire much of a reaction at all. With one exception - a dinner table scene that is by far the most memorable in the movie - the racial humor is studiously unprovocative. Read full review

  • 50
    Rolling Stone | Peter Travers

    Guess what? It's almost bearable. Read full review

  • 50
    Los Angeles Times | Kevin Crust

    Director Kevin Rodney Sullivan milks the film's one joke for all it's worth - which isn't much - before settling into the rote rhythms of a buddy picture. Read full review

  • 40
    Variety | Brian Lowry

    If only as much thought went into the script for this listless comedy as its marketing calculus. Read full review

  • 38
    USA Today | Claudia Puig

    A succession of tired race jokes made worse by the bad comedic timing of the bland, under-talented Ashton Kutcher. Read full review

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Information for Parents
Common Sense Media says Iffy for 13+ Update on Poitier classic isn't as memorable.
What Parents Need to Know Parents need to know that this movie has some sexual humor, including jokes about masturbation, cross-dressing, and gays. A character asks "What's the sex like?" and there is some discussion of what white men's sex organs look like. There is humor about racism, including a list of racist terms for white people. A great deal is made of the fact that Simon and Percy share a bed (as a way of making sure that Simon and Theresa don't sleep together) and end up cuddling.
  • Families can talk about whether any of them can remember a time when it was actually illegal in some states for people of different races to get married.
  • They could read the Supreme Court decision that invalidated those laws as unconstitutional. It's shocking today to realize that the laws were in place until that decision was issued in 1967, the same year as the original Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. The very-apt name of the landmark case is Loving v. Virginia.  
  • Families who see this movie could talk about the jokes Simon told. Which made fun of white people and which made fun of black people? They could also talk about their own family reactions to marriages that cross racial, religious, or other kinds of lines.
The good stuff
  • message true1 Positive messages: Tolerance is supposed to be the theme, but if you are looking for a moral message you are better off renting the original with Sindey Poitier's powerful performance.
What to watch for
  • violence false0 Violence: Comic scuffle.
  • sex false3 Sex: Many comic sexual references.
  • language false3 Language: Some strong language.
  • consumerism false0 Consumerism: Not an issue
  • drugsalcoholtobacco false3 Drinking, drugs and smoking: Drinking, including drinking in response to stress, characters get tipsy.
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