Guess Who (film)
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| Directed by | Kevin Rodney Sullivan |
| Produced by |
Jenno Topping Erwin Stoff Jason Goldberg |
| Screenplay by | David Ronn Jay Scherick Peter Tolan |
| Story by | David Ronn Jay Scherick |
| Based on |
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967 film) by William Rose |
| Starring |
Bernie Mac Ashton Kutcher Zoë Saldaña Judith Scott |
| Music by | John Murphy |
| Cinematography | Karl Walter Lindenlaub |
| Edited by | Paul Seydor |
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Columbia Pictures (United States) 20th Century Fox (International) |
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105 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $35 million |
| Box office | $101.8 million |
Guess Who is a 2005 American comedy film about race relations directed by Kevin Rodney Sullivan. It is a loose remake of the 1967 film Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, in the form of a romantic comedy. While the 1967 film covered interracial romance of a black man with a white woman, the 2005 film covered the topic of a white man with a black woman. The film stars Bernie Mac, Ashton Kutcher, and Zoe Saldana.
The majority of the film was filmed in Cranford, New Jersey.
Theresa Jones (Zoe Saldana) takes her boyfriend, Simon Green (Ashton Kutcher) home to meet her parents on the occasion of her parents' 25th wedding anniversary, planning to reveal that they are engaged. However, what Theresa has also left out is that Simon is white. Her father, Percy (Bernie Mac), dislikes Simon almost immediately because of his race. Wishing to impress Percy, Simon lies to him about being a NASCAR pit driver for Jeff Gordon, not realizing that Percy is one of his biggest fans. After catching Theresa and Simon in a compromising position, Percy tries to force Simon into a hotel, but all the hotels in town are booked. Instead, he allows Simon to sleep in his basement on the couch, where Percy also sleeps.
With the help of his personal assistant Reggie (Ronreaco Lee), Percy tries to dig up as much dirt on Simon as he can as well as creating the ideal black boyfriend for Theresa instead of revealing her boyfriend is white. He manages to get Simon to reveal that he lied about being a NASCAR driver and also that he needs a $50,000 loan. Simon discovers Percy's lies just as Reggie reveals that Simon quit his job. Immediately, Percy goes to tell his daughter this new information, however Simon claims he wasn't fired and instead quit. Angry that he didn't tell her the truth, Theresa leaves while Percy's snooping and plagiarism of his vows temporarily strains his relationship with his wife, Marilyn (Judith Scott).
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