Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
Average Rating: 6/10
Reviews Counted: 26
Fresh: 17 | Rotten: 9
No consensus yet.
Average Rating: 6.1/10
Critic Reviews: 5
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 2
No consensus yet.
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Average Rating: 3.8/5
User Ratings: 37,264
Movie Info
Old-line liberals Matt and Christina Drayton (Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn) have raised their daughter Joey (Katharine Houghton) to think for herself and not blindly conform to the conventional. Still, they aren't prepared for the shock when she returns home from a vacation with a new fiancé: African-American doctor John Prentice (Sidney Poitier). While they come to grips with whatever prejudices they might still harbor, the younger folks must also contend with John's parents (Roy Glenn
Jan 1, 1967 Wide
May 22, 2001
Columbia Pictures Corporation
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Cast
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Spencer Tracy
Matt Drayton -
Katharine Hepburn
Christina Drayton -
Sidney Poitier
John Prentice -
Katharine Houghton
Joey Drayton -
Beah Richards
Mrs. Prentice -
Roy E. Glenn Sr.
Mr. Prentice -
Isabel Sanford
Tillie -
Cecil Kellaway
Monsignor Ryan -
Virginia Christine
Hilary St. George -
Alexandra Hay
Car Hop -
Barbara Randolph
Dorothy -
D'Urville Martin
Frankie -
Grace Gaynor
Judith -
Skip Martin
Delivery Boy -
John Bear Hudkins
Cab Driver -
Thomas Heaton
Peter
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All Critics (26) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (17) | Rotten (9) | DVD (7)
A disaster on all counts -- its time, if it ever had one, has definitely passed.
Top CriticA wishy-washy, sanctimonious plea for tolerance, directed with Kramer's customary verbosity and stodginess.
A most delightfully acted and gracefully entertaining film.
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.
Examines its subject matter with perception, depth, insight, humor and feeling
...rather tame and superficial by today's standards: a gentle, sentimental comedy on the subject of interracial marriage.
Civil rights, love, and family stress.
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.
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.
Billed in 1967 as Hollywood's first serious film about interracial marriage, this theatrical movie begs one question: What mother in her right mind will object to Sidney Poitier as a fiance to her daughter--he's handsome, renowned pro, and gentleman
If you guessed, 'a wheezy social problem drama,' you're right.
An earnest liberal outing that today seems passive, tame and condescending, but still watchable because of the performances of Tracy, Hepburn and Poitier.
Well-meaning and generally effective.
As an opus on race relations, Dinner certainly seems a bit daring, but it's just not standing the test of time terribly well.
Audience Reviews for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Super Reviewer
Director: Stanley Kramer
Summary: Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn star as wealthy Californians who consider themselves progressive until their only daughter (Katharine Houghton) brings home her African American fiancé (Sidney Poitier) in this snapshot of race relations in the late 1960s. The film earned two Academy Awards (for Hepburn's performance and William Rose's screenplay) and eight other nominations.
My Thoughts: "I can't imagine what it must have been like when this film came out in 1967. How controversial it must have been to see a black man and a white woman in a relationship and going to be married. It of course isn't such a big deal in today's world. But for some, still an issue. It's a smartly written film with such great acting. I loved Spencer Tracy as the father and Cecil Kellaway, who was quite funny as the Monsignor. I'm sure it made people think, talk about it more, and changed peoples views. My mother said the movie was a very big deal when it came out. That some people were outraged and disgusted while other's where impressed and celebrated the film in hopes of changing some persons views. The ending speech that Spencer Tracy gives near the end of the film is moving. Kudos to everyone who was apart in making this, which I am sure was a ground breaking film in that time."
Super Reviewer
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- Matt Drayton: You're a pontificating old poop!
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- John Prentice: You think of yourself as a colored man. I think of myself as a man.
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