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member 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 Theresa this new information; however, Simon claims he was not fired and instead quit. Furious that he did not tell her the truth, Theresa leaves while Percy's spying and plagiarism of his vows temporarily strains his relationship with his wife, Marilyn.
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The next morning, Percy and Simon find Marilyn and Theresa at Marilyn's sister's house to apologize. While Marilyn and Percy reconcile, Simon and Theresa break up and he leaves. On the day of his anniversary, Theresa tells her father that she and Simon were intending to marry. After wondering why a
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With the help of his personal assistant Reggie, Percy tries to learn as much information about Simon as he can as well as creating the ideal black boyfriend for Theresa instead of revealing her boyfriend is white. Reggie manages to convince Simon to reveal that he lied about being a NASCAR pit crew
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Theresa Jones takes her boyfriend, Simon Green, to her parents' home to meet them on their 25th wedding anniversary, planning to reveal that the couple are engaged. However, Theresa has neglected to mention that Simon is white. Theresa's father, Percy, dislikes Simon almost immediately not only
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After catching Theresa and Simon in the bedroom, Percy tries to force Simon into a hotel, but all the hotels in town are booked. Instead, Percy allows Simon to sleep in his basement on the couch, where Percy also sleeps so he can keep an eye on him even though the pull-out bed hurts his back.
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man intending to get married would quit his job, Percy realizes that Simon quit his job due to his boss' disapproval of interracial relationships. Percy pursues Simon and brings him back to Theresa, and they reconcile at Percy and Marilyn's anniversary party.
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The film made $ 20.7 million in its opening weekend, finishing first. It then made $ 12.7 million in its second weekend and $ 7.8 million in its third, finishing in third and fourth, respectively.
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said, "Guess Who is, impurely and simply, a comic premise borrowed, turned around and dumbed down to the level of sketch or sub-sketch humour" and
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grossed $ 68.9 million in the United States and Canada, and $ 34.2 million in other territories, for a worldwide total of $ 103.1 million.
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said of the film, "A succession of tired race jokes made worse by the bad comedic timing of the bland, under-talented Ashton Kutcher",
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because of his race, but also because he lies to him about being on the
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as Theresa Jones, Percy & Marilyn's daughter and Simon's girlfriend
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gave the film an average grade of "B+" on an A+ to F scale.
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2005 American romantic comedy film by Kevin Rodney Sullivan
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Kevin Rodney Sullivan
Peter Tolan
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
William Rose
Jenno Topping
Erwin Stoff
Jason Goldberg
Bernie Mac
Ashton Kutcher
Zoƫ SaldaƱa
Judith Scott
Karl Walter Lindenlaub
John Murphy
Columbia Pictures
Regency Enterprises
3 Arts Entertainment
Katalyst Media
Sony Pictures Releasing
20th Century Fox
romantic comedy
Kevin Rodney Sullivan
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Ashton Kutcher
Bernie Mac
Judith Scott
Zoƫ SaldaƱa
Cranford, New Jersey
NASCAR
Jeff Gordon

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