Percy Jones (Bernie Mac) has a lucrative job at a bank and a busy weekend coming up as his wife Marilyn (Judith Scott) has insisted on a big, 25th-year, vow-renewal party and his photographer daughter Theresa (Zoe Saldana) is coming for the weekend and bringing her boyfriend Simon (Ashton Kutcher).
Percy has checked out Simon’s credit reports and is satisfied to hear that he has a great job at J.P.Oliver. What he doesn’t know however is that Simon’s boss is a jerk, and this has led Simon to quit. Oh, and Theresa has neglected to tell her family that Simon is white.
Percy gets a big shock when the ideal black boyfriend turns out to be white, uninterested in sports and not exactly from a stable family.
It soon turns into a weekend from hell for Simon when Percy uses every method to keep him under his surveillance. And what will happen when Percy finds about his job?
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Yes, Guess Who is as predictable and clichéd as a movie with this plot can get. However it is not to say the movie doesn’t have its moments. It’s typical but enjoyable. It’s not for the people who look for something original but for the movie lovers who want something easy to go with their pop corn. And Bernie Mac is great as the nightmare future father-in-law.
Favorite Lines and Scenes
On the way to her parents, Simon asks if she has told her parents about his being “pigment-challenged”. Theresa looks blank so he says “Did you tell them I was white?
Theresa feigns shock. “What? You are white?!!!” (to the cab driver) Stop the car!!!!!
(the driver stops the car and Simon hits his head hard.)
Theresa: Baby, are you okay?
Simon: Who are you?
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Simon teaches Percy to Tango.
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Simon and Percy play cushion rugby in the living room.
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Percy sleeping with Simon…
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Another romantic comedy on a white guy dating black girl:
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