Percy Jones takes great pride in the knowledge that he is always right, especially when it comes to the welfare of his family. When his daughter Theresa brings her new boyfriend, Simon Green, home to meet Percy and his wife Marilyn, he is unaware that Simon has already proposed to Theresa and plans to announce the engagement at Percy and Marilyn's 25th anniversary party. As far as Percy's concerned, no man will ever be good enough for his baby girl and the long line of struggling-artist types Theresa has dated so far has only served to bolster his conviction. So that there are no unpleasant surprises this time around, Percy, a bank loan officer, runs a credit check on Simon. The young man, a successful stockbroker, certainly looks good on paper, and for the first time, Percy is actually looking forward to meeting one of his daughter's boyfriends. However, the young man he has envisioned -- a dazzling combination of Denzel Washington, Colin Powell and Tiger Woods -- is not who arrives at his doorstep. Percy is aghast and more than a little indignant when his daughter presents her decidedly Caucasian boyfriend.

Almost every movie you go and see you have some type of expectations before you see it and my expectations of Guess Who were very low as the movie looked like it could easily flop and not be funny. But this turned out to be wrong the movie was funny and I found myself laughing throughout the movie as it was quite enjoyable. Sure the movie doesn’t escape totally unscathed as it falls to stereotypes way to often but it does keep you entertained and laughing which is saying a lot. Sure the movie has nothing on the original with Sydney Poitier Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner as that movie was both hilarious as well as groundbreaking at the time.

Part of the reason I went in to Guess Who thinking it was going to fail was because of Bernie Mac who has to be the least funny comedian in Hollywood right now. His jokes are tired, they are clichéd and they have long worn out their welcome. While on the other hand there is Ashton Kutcher who is actually quite the good actor as well as comedian who gets no credit for being either while Hollywood continues to boost up Bernie Mac who just doesn’t make you laugh. Guess Who is carried by Ashton as he just flows so well in the role of the uncomfortable, slightly timid son in law that not even Bernie Mac can ruin his performance. Bernie for once manages to play it down a little and it makes him almost bearable to watch although every time the movie got off track it was because he was tanking it. The movie is full of laughs and was quite the surprise as the movie was much better than the trailer let it on to be.
3.5 stars out of 5