Guess Who Page #2

Synopsis: Percy and Marilyn are renewing their vows for their anniversary, and their daughter Theresa brings her boyfriend Simon for them to meet. Unbeknownst to her parents, the kids plan to announce their engagement during the weekend. The Jones family is Black; Theresa neglects to tell them Simon is White. Race complicates Percy's general mistrust of any boyfriend, so he instigates an investigation of Simon, discovering he's recently lost his job and hasn't told Theresa. Mistrust rears its ugly head, and in the process of Theresa and Simon's argument, Marilyn and Percy fall out. What can the men do to cross the divide between each other and between men and women? Will anyone be exchanging vows?
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Production: Sony Pictures
  16 nominations.
 
IMDB:
5.9
Metacritic:
49
Rotten Tomatoes:
42%
PG-13
Year:
2005
105 min
$67,962,333
Website
897 Views


- They cost the same.

- They don't cost the same.

This one's from Saks.

This one's from Macy's.

Saks!

Thank you.

And now I can give my honest opinion.

- I'm digging that one, baby.

- Really?

Well, that's too bad,

'cause I'm wearing this one.

Hallelujah.

Sweetheart.

- Yeah?

- Listen.

Why do you even bother asking me?

'Cause it's a big day for us

and I wanted you to feel included.

Why couldn't you include

Martha Superfreak out there?

Dante is a nice man.

A nice man.

A nice man that part of the time

likes to sleep with other nice men.

Will you stop it?

Would you open your mind, Percy Jones?

Dante is a metrosexual.

- A what?

- He's a straight man with taste.

No such thing. You might as well tell me

he rode over here on a unicorn.

Look, serious face, serious moment.

I need to talk to you.

I know, baby. I'm working on my vows.

Almost got them perfect.

- That's sweet, but that's not it.

- What is it?

This boy that Theresa's bringing home?

I don't know who his people are,

where he's from...

I don't know anything about him.

But what I do know is that

I need you to be nice.

I'm always nice.

Let's be nice long enough

to find out who the boy is.

I already know who he is.

- You pulled his credit report?

- I did not.

You pulled his credit report, Percy?

I mean, I glanced at it.

But a credit report don't tell you

the character of a man.

But being a loan officer for 22 years...

I can size that boy up in an instant.

And you know I got a knack for it.

You know that.

Five seconds. That's all I need.

That's all I need.

- Nobody knows that better than me.

- Say what?

I didn't stutter.

I'm not so good with dads, baby.

I'm good with moms. I'm better with moms.

He's a big guy, right?

Scary big. He also has these...

piercing eyes that just burn

right into your soul.

Don't maintain eye contact for

a long period of time. At least today, okay?

Babe, I'm kidding.

Just relax. It's gonna be fun.

Okay?

- Did you tell them?

- What? Tell them what?

- Babe, don't... The...

- What?

- Did you... I'm...

- Cute? Clean-shaven? What?

Pigment-challenged?

Did you tell them that I'm white?

You're white?

You're white?

Stop the car!

Oh, my God! Look at what you...

Oh, my God.

Simon, I'm so sorry.

- It was a joke, sir. I was kidding.

- Yeah, sister. You're funny.

Simon, are you okay?

- Who are you?

- Are you serious?

Why am I in Jersey?

- Don't worry. It's gonna be great, okay?

- All right.

I'm very sorry. It was a bad joke.

- So, did you tell them?

- No. I only told them the important things.

That I love you.

That you're an amazing man.

That you have a very cute birthmark

on your left butt cheek.

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