Lisal Ash
Average comedy loosely based on the classic Guess Who’s Coming to
Dinner. This time around, it-boy Ashton Kutcher plays the Sidney
Poitier counterpart – and the dad is king of comedy Bernie Mac. So this
version is in reverse: a young white man goes home to meet the parents
of his black girlfriend. Of course, he faces opposition from her
father. The often-sensitive topic of race is treated with an extra dose
of laughs.
colour (Kutcher himself said in an interview that race matters, and
he’s in the movie), But what does matter, if ebony and ivory appear to
live so harmoniously? Bank balances and status, obviously, seeing as
daddy Mac is more interested in young Ashton’s pay slip than his
personality. As we can expect from the punk master and a man whose
career flourished as a stand-up comedian, the humour is often slapstick
and a bit too in-your-face.
watching the movie though, it seems that the director was a bit
confused when making the movie: he wasn’t sure whether to focus on the
relationship between Kutcher and the father or Kutcher and the
daughter. So that overall, the movie appears a bit disjointed. It seems
that the latest trend is to leave the funniest moments for when the
credits are rolling, so don’t leave when you see names appearing on the
screen.
Like all romantic comedies Guess Who is a feel-good
film, except that this time you’re not left with a warm, fuzzy feeling
inside – just tummy aches, from laughing!
Enjoy! 3/5.
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