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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)

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60

Average Rating: 6.1/10
Critic Reviews: 5
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 2

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Average Rating: 3.8/5
User Ratings: 37,264

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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

Unrated,

Drama, Romance, Classics, Comedy

William Rose

May 22, 2001

Columbia Pictures Corporation

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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.

November 7, 2007 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | Comment (1)
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A wishy-washy, sanctimonious plea for tolerance, directed with Kramer's customary verbosity and stodginess.

June 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out | Comment (1)
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A most delightfully acted and gracefully entertaining film.

May 9, 2005 Full Review Source: New York Times
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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.

October 23, 2004 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times
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Examines its subject matter with perception, depth, insight, humor and feeling

February 13, 2001 Full Review Source: Variety
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...rather tame and superficial by today's standards: a gentle, sentimental comedy on the subject of interracial marriage.

April 6, 2011 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis
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Civil rights, love, and family stress.

January 2, 2011 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media

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.

November 7, 2007 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide
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.

November 7, 2007 Full Review Source: Film4
Film4

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

August 10, 2006 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | Comment (1)
EmanuelLevy.Com

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

November 19, 2005 Full Review

An earnest liberal outing that today seems passive, tame and condescending, but still watchable because of the performances of Tracy, Hepburn and Poitier.

January 19, 2003
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

Well-meaning and generally effective.

November 25, 2002
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

As an opus on race relations, Dinner certainly seems a bit daring, but it's just not standing the test of time terribly well.

August 28, 2001 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com
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Audience Reviews for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

Pontificating, pretentious film. It's so fantasy it's crazy.
December 26, 2011
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Cast: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Sidney Poitier, Katharine Houghton, Cecil Kellaway, Beah Richards, Isabel Sanford, Roy Glenn, Virginia Christine

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."
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    1. Matt Drayton: You're a pontificating old poop!
    – Submitted by Mary Clare S (5 months ago)
    1. John Prentice: You think of yourself as a colored man. I think of myself as a man.
    – Submitted by Chris P (2 years ago)

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