Guess Who is a 2005 American comedy film about race relations directed by Kevin Rodney Sullivan. A movie way ahead of it's time, Marriage between black and white was still illegal in 17 States and the film was released 11 months before the first interracial kiss on US TV, Nov 1968 (Star Trek - Captain Kirk / William Shatner & Lt Uhura / Nichelle Nichols in Plato's Stepchildren) Fantastic movie. Remarkably, both sets of parents COMPLETELY overlook the fact that their children are A) marrying after barely knowing each other and B) have over a decade of an age gap. Not only is it the perfect chaser to Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner on Netflix, but it’s also proof that Eddie Murphy is a legend and the Oscars didn’t deserve him. Many stereotypes are portrayed in the two movies. It's almost bearable". Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window), Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window), Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window), Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window), © 2020 NYP Holdings, Inc. All rights reserved, Eddie Murphy's 'Coming 2 America' Eyes December Premiere Date on Amazon (Report), 'Mulan' Cast Guide: Who's Who in Disney's Live-Action Remake. Joanna’s parents, who are played by Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn in their last roles together before Tracy’s death, are supposedly liberals. Use the HTML below. The Addams Family (2019 Ending), Of course, by the end of the film, they realize that people are people, and, as Tracy’s character says, “You’re two wonderful people who happened to fall in love, and happen to have a pigmentation problem.”. 551, This story has been shared 519 times. Geoffrey Howe Resignation, I object to Sidney Poitier's line re: Spencer Tracy's character being "a life-long fighting liberal who loathes race prejudice", as if liberals have a monopoly on fair-mindedness and impartiality as far as race is concerned. Would they have been as accepting and willing to let go of the racial prejudice? Guess Who is a 2005 American comedy film about race relations directed by Kevin Rodney Sullivan. It is a loose remake of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, a film about a Black man marrying a White woman. This film instead focuses on a Black woman marrying a White man. In 1967, the year that this film was released, 17 southern states still deemed it illegal for blacks and whites to intermarry. Becker Episodes, Spencer and particularly Katherine were fantastic. A reverse remake (black woman about to marry a white man), Guess Who (2005), was released in 2005. “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” was a great classic movie. Also, Netflix hosts films made before 1970 so infrequently, that you might as well take advantage of it while you can. Percy and Marilyn are renewing their vows for their anniversary, and their daughter Theresa brings her boyfriend Simon for them to meet. Pennsylvania was the most ...read more. The album, released on the Premier label, included recordings of some of ...read more, Leona Helmsley, nicknamed the “Queen of Mean” by the press, receives a four-year prison sentence, 750 hours of community service, and a $7.1 million tax fraud fine in New York. The legendary screen star followed her Oscar win for Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner with Best Actress golden statues for The Lion in Winter (1968) and On Golden Pond (1981). 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