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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?

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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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Feb 12, 2008

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Reviews for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?

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08/16/03
Rebecca Murray
Rebecca Murray
About.com

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01/12/03
Josh Ralske
Josh Ralske
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12/08/02
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

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07/29/03
Josh Gilchrist
Josh Gilchrist
Billings Outpost (Montana)

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.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
11/07/07
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader
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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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04/13/08
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

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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Emanuel Levy
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06/04/04
Jake Euker
Jake Euker
F5 (Wichita, KS)

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08/05/02
Staci Layne Wilson
Staci Layne Wilson
Fantastica Daily

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

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08/28/01
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

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
Bob Bloom
Journal and Courier (Lafayette, IN)

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08/22/03
Carol Cling
Carol Cling
Las Vegas Review-Journal

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

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11/19/05
Martin Scribbs
Martin Scribbs
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Well-meaning and generally effective.

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11/25/02
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

A most delightfully acted and gracefully entertaining film.

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Bosley Crowther
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New York Times

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Frank Swietek
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