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Writers (WGA):
William Rose (motion picture "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner")David Ronn (story) ...
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Release Date:
25 March 2005 (USA) moreTagline:
His house. His rules. Some in-laws were made to be broken. morePlot:
A sarcastic father (Mac) has plenty to say about his daughter wanting to marry a white boy (Kutcher). full summary | add synopsisAwards:
16 nominations moreNewsDesk:
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The thing about my baby, it don't matter if you're black or white. more (158 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Bernie Mac | ... | Percy Jones |
 | Ashton Kutcher | ... | Simon Green |
 | Zoe Saldana | ... | Theresa Jones (as Zoë Saldaña) |
 | Judith Scott | ... | Marilyn Jones |
 | Hal Williams | ... | Howard Jones |
 | Kellee Stewart | ... | Keisha Jones |
 | Robert Curtis Brown | ... | Dante |
 | RonReaco Lee | ... | Reggie (as Ronreaco Lee) |
 | Paula Newsome | ... | Darlene |
 | Phil Reeves | ... | Fred |
 | Sherri Shepherd | ... | Sydney |
 | Nicole Sullivan | ... | Liz Klein |
 | Jessica Cauffiel | ... | Polly |
 | JoNell Kennedy | ... | Winnie (as Jonell Kennedy) |
 | Niecy Nash | ... | Naomi |
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The Dinner Party (USA) (original script title)Untitled Bernie Mac/Ashton Kutcher Project (USA) (working title)
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Rated PG-13 for sex-related humor.Parents Guide:
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1.85 : 1 moreCertification:
Germany:o.Al. | Argentina:13 | Taiwan:PG-12 | Switzerland:12 (canton of Zurich) | Finland:K-3 | Iceland:L | Malaysia:U | USA:PG-13 (certificate #40123) | South Korea:12 | Australia:M | Brazil:10 | Ireland:12A | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | UK:12A | Sweden:Btl | Switzerland:7 (canton of Vaud) | Switzerland:7 (canton of Geneva)Fun Stuff
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As evidenced by the clappers in the deleted scenes section, the working title for the movie was "The Dinner Party". moreGoofs:
Revealing mistakes: After Simon and Theresa escape from the basement and are standing on the top of the fort, the moon is backwards (flipped shot). moreQuotes:
Percy: Hi. Reservation for Percy Jones.Polly: And that's Jones with a "J"?
Percy: No, Jones with a "P". I made the reservation last week.
Simon Green: You knew you were gonna kick me out a week ago?
Percy: Son, I knew I was gonna kick you out 24 years ago... when the doctor announced it was a girl.
Polly: Here you are.
Percy: Good.
Polly: We gave your room away.
Percy: What?
Polly: Check in was at 4:00.
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Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Ashton Kutcher/Gwen Stefani (#30.15)" (2005) moreSoundtrack:
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Ashton Kutcher is going out with Zoe Saldana and while they do not have a problem with their relationship a lot of other people do. That's because Kutcher is white and Saldana, welllll, isn't. One of the main people having a problem with their relationship is Bernie Mac (playing Saldana's father), about to meet his daughter's partner for the first time and completely unprepared for the obvious racial differences between them. It's a remake of Guess Who's Coming To Dinner for the MTV generation.
I like Ashton Kutcher and I also like Bernie Mac so this movie benefits from their central performances. It also has to be said that the rest of the cast do just as well and are all likable enough. So the cast isn't a problem.
There is also a little bit more going on here than you might expect, with the movie admirably tackling not only racism from one point of view but any prejudice between races, generations and classes. It's actually a bit braver than most during some moments (ie, Kutcher relating a number of "black" jokes at the dinner table) but then, sadly, dwindles back to rom-com clichés whenever scenes are lacking any tension.
The direction is blah, everything stays within very standard Hollywood limits and, for the most part, it's unexciting, safe movie-making at it's most average with character development at it's lamest. Which is a shame. Because I DO like Ashton Kutcher and Bernie Mac.
See this if you like: Just Married, Save The Last Dance, Soul Man.