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Guess Who

2005 · 105 min

A light, warm family comedy that mines awkward in-law tension and racial discomfort for easy laughs, with a predictable but satisfying romantic arc.

Genres
Comedy, Romance
Tagline
Some in-laws were made to be broken.
Overview
When a young African-American woman brings her fiancé home to meet her parents, she's neglected to mention one tiny detail – he's white.

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Tone
  • lightstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
  • romanticstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • race
  • love
  • deception
  • identity
Places
  • suburbs
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour7
Realism7
Romance5
Tension4
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Genres
comedy, romance
Directed by
Kevin Rodney Sullivan
Written by
David Ronn, Jay Scherick, Peter Tolan
Starring
Bernie Mac, Ashton Kutcher, Zoe Saldaña, Judith Scott, Hal Williams, Kellee Stewart, Robert Curtis Brown, RonReaco Lee
Music
John Murphy
Cinematography
Karl Walter Lindenlaub
Runtime
105 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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