Peeples (2013)
Average Rating: 4.8/10
Reviews Counted: 60
Fresh: 21 | Rotten: 39
Peeples is a warm, amiable farce that offers a few chuckles but mostly falls back on predictable plotting and an overwrought message.
Average Rating: 5.2/10
Critic Reviews: 26
Fresh: 10 | Rotten: 16
Peeples is a warm, amiable farce that offers a few chuckles but mostly falls back on predictable plotting and an overwrought message.
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Movie Info
Sparks fly in the Hamptons when "regular guy" Wade Walker (Craig Robinson) crashes the preppy Peeples family reunion to ask for their precious daughter Grace's (Kerry Washington) hand in marriage. Wade might be a fish out of water among this picture-perfect East Coast clan always trying to keep up appearances, but he's not about to let himself sink. Instead, in a wild weekend of fun, dysfunction and hilarious surprises, Wade is about to discover there's room for all kinds of Peeples in this
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Cast
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Craig Robinson
Wade Walker -
Kerry Washington
Grace Peeples -
David Alan Grier
Virgil Peeples -
S. Epatha Merkerson
Daphne Peeples -
Tyler James Williams
Simon Peeples -
Melvin Van Peebles
Grandpa Peeples -
Diahann Carroll
Nana Peeples -
Malcolm Barrett
Chris Walker -
Kali Hawk
Gloria Peeples -
Ana Gasteyer
Mayor Hodge -
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Briana Marin
Sexy Mother -
Angelee Areu
5-Year-Old-Girl -
Tuffy Questell
Taxi Driver -
Jerome Preston Bates
Skip -
Jordan Hall
Cashier -
Sylvia Kauders
Mrs. Davis -
Wade Allain-Marcus
Bartender -
Emilio Delgado
Chief -
Christopher Gates
Priest -
Catherine Pierce
Back Up Singer #1 -
Linda Thompson Willi...
Back Up Singer #2 -
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All Critics (60) | Top Critics (26) | Fresh (21) | Rotten (39)
Saves itself from a complete belly flop by its good-natured charm.
Top CriticWriter-director Tina Gordon Chism implies that people should accept each other for who they are, but with no genuine insight to back up this moral, it feels hollow.
The slapstick is often clunky, but Robinson has a sweet jester's disposition that keeps many of the gags from collapsing.
It's often rote and by-the-numbers, but writer-director Tina Gordon Chism injects the proceedings with enough smart chat, clever situations and spot-on casting choices to make this well-traveled road feel a little less stale.
A meet-the-parents-and-their-rigid-disapproval comedy, with a bit of fish-out-of-water humor tossed in.
Even the bouncy score sounds like it was lifted from an old Three's Company episode; that is when they're not all belting out a song about where it's not cool to pee.
This messy and oftentimes obnoxious comedy relies too often on cheap humor to get its points across.
It's a broad comedy about family dysfunction that provides some scattered laughs amid a story that is woefully familiar and predictable.
How did they convince Kerry Washington to be in this mess? Talk about a scandal!
[Writer/director Tina Gordon Chism is ] good at low-key, observational humor, and the all-around excellent cast swings with aplomb from silly to sweet.
The arch and resolution are some indication of how utterly lifeless Peeples is, both in the sense of lacking vitality and having no real connection to how people think, feel and react to situations.
Let's be honest -- harmless it may be, but bad it most certainly is.
No one looks more lost in the movie than Washington, its biggest right-this-moment star.
Formulaically funny, utterly familiar, fish-out-of-water story with a few absurdly engaging comedic touches.
A Tyler Perry in producer-name only, 'Peeples' is an uneven comedy with a few laughs and no surprises.
Craig Robinson deserves better. So do Kerry Washington, David Alan Grier, and everyone else who stands before the camera in this clunker.
Funny but formulaic comedy has some edgy content.
Pleasant, if inane - helped along by a likable cast that's clearly having fun.
Better than pretty much everything else associated with Tyler Perry, but that's still not saying much. A talented cast is wasted.
Surely it would have been easier to shoot in Perry's home base of Atlanta, but the significant New England location places the movie at the geographical heart of America's origin story...
Passably endearing despite its sometimes pronounced shortcomings.
Given the quality of the cast,...this highly uneven, ill-constructed comedy is a disappointment.
Robinson and Washington make a likable couple, and it's nice to see her playing comedy for a change.
Audience Reviews for Peeples
Super Reviewer
No, I wasn't being flippant when I said this was Tyler Perry's "Meet The Parents". Much like the interaction between Robert DeNiro and Ben Stiller, it's the relationship between David Alan Grier and Craig Robinson that's the focus. The other characters may have a moment or two, but for the most part remain in the background. Of course, what Peeples has over Meet the Parents is that David Alan Grier is actually funny compared to Robert DeNiro. Like Bob Hope or even Chevy Chase, Grier plays his part simultaneously straight and winking at the camera. Grier is so adept at deadpan that some might mistake his performance as overly dramatic and unnecessarily heavy. I can assure you this is not the case. Apart from that particular performance, Peeples is your typical dumb summer comedy. Being dumb isn't necessarily bad for a movie like this, as long as it provides laughs or at the least entertainment. I laughed at times, and for the most part was entertained, and so this film was a success in that aspect.
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Discussion Forum
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| Hey, if you don't want to see this movie... | 32 days ago | 27 |
| Could be funny but... | 4 months ago | 17 |
| How much money do you think this movie will make opening weekend? | 4 months ago | 9 |
| We did it! | 4 months ago | 6 |
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