Critics Scoreboard
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Average Critic Score:
49
(35 sources)
49
(35 sources)
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88
Baltimore Sun
The movie's sweetness, wit and charm go beyond its can't-we-all-just-get-along premise. Read Full Review » -
75
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Surprise! After a clumsy opening, Guess Who goes down very smoothly. Its cast is appealing, its script is often clever and imaginative. Read Full Review » -
75
Chicago Sun-Times
If the movie had spent more time walking that tightrope between the acceptable and the offensive, between what we have in common and what divides us, it would have been more daring. Read Full Review » -
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Charlotte Observer
This is his (Kutcher) most relaxed and sensitive work on film. Read Full Review » -
70
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70
LA Weekly
Has surprising depth and charm, descriptors never before ascribed to a movie starring Ashton Kutcher. Read Full Review » -
63
ReelViews
A palatable film. It offers a few solid laughs and will provoke some smiles. Read Full Review » -
63
Miami Herald
By film's end, you realize you've sat through an effective rip-off of "Meet the Parents." Read Full Review » -
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Washington Post
Might provide a much-needed fix for Mac's most ardent fans, but they'll have to wait for a star vehicle that fully exploits the range of his comic gifts. Read Full Review » -
60
Washington Post
If Guess Who were either a whole lot funnier, or a whole lot less funny, it would be a far better film. Read Full Review » -
60
Dallas Observer
To say it's better than it has any right to be gives the original too much credit and the remake not enough. Read Full Review » -
60
Film Threat
It has its share of eye-rolling moments, but at its heart there's a decent story. Read Full Review » -
58
Entertainment Weekly
Guess Who, with its PG-13 putdowns, turns into the kind of love story that Hollywood feels most comfortable with: a buddy movie, salt-and-pepper variety. All that's missing is the cop car. Read Full Review » -
58
Portland Oregonian
The verdict? Could have been worse. Yes, it's a slightly hollow endorsement, but Guess Who is probably worth your matinee/pub-theater dollar. Read Full Review » -
50
Salon.com
The super-duper whiteness of Ashton Kutcher is funny. Just not funny enough. Read Full Review » -
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The New York Times
So mild and thin that it doesn't inspire much of a reaction at all. With one exception - a dinner table scene that is by far the most memorable in the movie - the racial humor is studiously unprovocative. Read Full Review » -
50
Los Angeles Times
Director Kevin Rodney Sullivan milks the film's one joke for all it's worth - which isn't much - before settling into the rote rhythms of a buddy picture. Read Full Review » -
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TV Guide
Despite the sluggish opening, Kutcher and Bernie Mac ensure that this predictably plotted comedy of preposterous misunderstandings is occasionally quite funny. Read Full Review » -
40
The Onion (A.V. Club)
An implausible, wildly protracted setup that drags on forever before reaching a payoff that barely registers. Read Full Review » -
40
Austin Chronicle
The makers of Guess Who appear to have given more thought to targeting an audience than building a believable movie. Read Full Review » -
40
Variety
If only as much thought went into the script for this listless comedy as its marketing calculus. Read Full Review » -
40
Village Voice
The script's lack of nerve fails to challenge him (Mac) or its audience with enough dangerous humor. Read Full Review » -
38
New York Post
It's the audience that gets punk'd in this crass and sloppy comic recycling. Read Full Review » -
38
USA Today
A succession of tired race jokes made worse by the bad comedic timing of the bland, under-talented Ashton Kutcher. Read Full Review » -
25
Christian Science Monitor
Sadly it's been botched. Guess Who serves up such flat dialogue and stilted situations that it's hard to sit through. Read Full Review » -
20
Wall Street Journal
Guess Who is, impurely and simply, a comic premise borrowed, turned around and dumbed down to the level of sketch or sub-sketch humor. Read Full Review »
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