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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? (1967)

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Reviews Counted:24

Fresh:15

Rotten:9

Average Rating:5.9/10

Runtime: 1 hr 52 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: A liberal white couple (Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, in Tracy's last appearance) put their platitudes to the test. They always taught their daughter (Katharine Houghton, Hepburn's niece)... A liberal white couple (Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy, in Tracy's last appearance) put their platitudes to the test. They always taught their daughter (Katharine Houghton, Hepburn's niece) that all people are created equal, regardless of race or religion... until she unexpectedly brings home a black doctor (Poitier) and announces that they're engaged. Academy Award Nominations: 10, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actor--Spencer Tracy. [More]

Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, Katharine Houghton

Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, Katharine Houghton, Isabel Sanford, Cecil Kellaway, Roy Glenn, Beah Richards, Virginia Christine

Director: Stanley Kramer

Director: Stanley Kramer
Producer: Stanley Kramer
Screenwriter: William Rose

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04/13/08
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
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Tracy looks tired in this draggy production; he died soon afterward, and it's infuriating to watch him sweat to inject fire into such pap.

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11/07/07
TV Guide's Movie Guide

There are wonderful performances here, as you'd expect from Hepburn and Tracy, and there's no question that the film is well intentioned. Yet it's also hamfisted and self-congratulatory in the most galling way.

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11/07/07
Channel 4 Film

A disaster on all counts -- its time, if it ever had one, has definitely passed.

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11/07/07
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
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Billed in 1967 as Hollywood's first film about interracial marriage, the film begs one question: What mother in her right mind will object to Sidney Poitier as a fiance to her daughter, being handsome, renowned pro (up for Nobel prize) and a gentleman

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08/10/06
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

A wishy-washy, sanctimonious plea for tolerance, directed with Kramer's customary verbosity and stodginess.

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06/24/06
Geoff Andrew
Geoff Andrew
Time Out

If you guessed, 'a wheezy social problem drama,' you're right.

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11/19/05
Martin Scribbs
Martin Scribbs
Mixed Reviews

A most delightfully acted and gracefully entertaining film.

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05/09/05
Bosley Crowther
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12/14/04
Robin Clifford
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It would be easy to tear the plot to shreds and catch Kramer in the act of copping out. But why? On its own terms, this film is a joy to see, an evening of superb entertainment.

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10/23/04
Roger Ebert
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Chicago Sun-Times
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06/04/04
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11/13/03
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08/22/03
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07/29/03
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04/04/03
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03/04/03
Frank Swietek
Frank Swietek
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An earnest liberal outing that today seems passive, tame and condescending, but still watchable because of the performances of Tracy, Hepburn and Poitier.

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01/19/03
Bob Bloom
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Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

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Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
 
 
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