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White Chicks (2004)

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Reviews Counted:32

Fresh:10

Rotten:22

Average Rating:4.7/10

Consensus: Scattershot comedy that's silly and obvious.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for crude and sexual humor, language and some drug content

Runtime: 1 hr 55 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Jun 23, 2004 Wide

Box Office: $69,148,997

Synopsis: When a kidnapping threat is held over two wealthy heiresses in the Hamptons, inept FBI agents Kevin (Marlon Wayans) and Marcus Copeland (Shawn Wayans), try to help out by disguising themselves as... When a kidnapping threat is held over two wealthy heiresses in the Hamptons, inept FBI agents Kevin (Marlon Wayans) and Marcus Copeland (Shawn Wayans), try to help out by disguising themselves as WHITE CHICKS in this wacky screwball comedy. With a little help from the FBI's prosthetics department, the agents don blonde wigs, blue contact lenses, and pale body paint to transform themselves into two Hamptons-bound sisters looking to live it up for the weekend. Miraculously the agents find themselves a surprise hit with the Hamptons set, providing plenty of laughs and quizzical looks as they frequently slip out of character. The lewd jokes come thick and fast, providing plenty of opportunities for the Wayans brothers to flex their comedic muscles. They poke gentle fun at a number of targets, mostly along gender and race lines, but also at spoiled teenage girls, and botox-riddled fashionistas. Scenarios are engineered to heighten the awkwardness of the disguises, including a dance competition, shopping sprees, and a fashion show. Director Keenen Ivory Wayans (SCARY MOVIE) manipulates his characters' flimsy attempts to pass themselves off as white women to provide plenty of gross-out, body-related humor, but also wraps the film up with a few salient lessons in life for the bumbling detectives. [More]

Starring: Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Jamie King, Frankie Faison

Starring: Marlon Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Jamie King, Frankie Faison, Lochlyn Munro, John Heard

Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans

Director: Keenen Ivory Wayans
Screenwriter: Keenen Ivory Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans
Producer: Keenen Ivory Wayans, Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans
Screenwriter: Andy McElfresh, Michael Anthony Snowden, Xavier Cook
Producer: Rick Alvarez, Lee R. Mayes
Studio: Columbia Pictures

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A plotless romp of Manolo wobbling, 'Omigod!' yipping, and broadly comic attempts to conceal that unsquashable manly lust and slangin' machismo.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
06/29/04
Laura Sinagra
Laura Sinagra
Village Voice
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[I]t's the worst movie of the year.

Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper | comment 1 Comment
06/28/04
Richard Roeper
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Banshee-howlingly awful.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
06/25/04
Desson Thomson
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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A tawdry excuse for a movie, but it has a handful of shameless giggles.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | comment Comment
06/25/04
Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly
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The film feels long when it should be brisk, and it's bloated with stretches of hot, dead air.

Full Review Source: Boston Globe | comment Comment
06/25/04
Wesley Morris
Wesley Morris
Boston Globe
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It's not what the Wayans brothers do, it's how they do it. They do it funny.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
06/23/04
Stephen Hunter
Stephen Hunter
Washington Post
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Scores more hits than misses.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
06/23/04
David Rooney
David Rooney
Variety
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As with every other genre, there's a right way and a wrong way to handle dude-lawman comedies. Chicks does it right a lot of the time.

Full Review Source: USA Today | comment Comment
06/23/04
Mike Clark
Mike Clark
USA Today
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White Chicks has more laughs than it deserves, but also a story that is just plain lazy.

Full Review Source: Toronto Star | comment Comment
06/23/04
Peter Howell
Peter Howell
Toronto Star
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Much of what passes for humor in White Chicks derives from such charming plot devices as the lactose intolerance of one of the brothers.

Full Review Source: San Jose Mercury News | comment Comment
06/23/04
Bruce Newman
Bruce Newman
San Jose Mercury News
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Men learning about the female experience by dressing as women is a nice sentiment, but Tootsie had that covered two decades ago. White Chicks should have tried for more.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle | comment Comment
06/23/04
Carla Meyer
Carla Meyer
San Francisco Chronicle
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The film's saccharine ending is something of a letdown as the guys' time in high heels teaches them sensitivity and brings them true love. But for most of its raucous run, White Chicks has soul.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Inquirer | comment Comment
06/23/04
David Hiltbrand
David Hiltbrand
Philadelphia Inquirer
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White Chicks feels more like an idea for a TV sketch that would have been much fresher had it been inflated into a movie in the '90s.

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
06/23/04
Jan Stuart
Jan Stuart
Newsday
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Even though they go preachy in the end, these chicks with quips deliver scattered bouts of hilarity.

Full Review Source: Newark Star-Ledger | comment Comment
06/23/04
Lisa Rose
Lisa Rose
Newark Star-Ledger
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If you want to laugh at cartoonishly shallow rich girls, you'd be much better off staying in to watch the new season of The Simple Life -- for free.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
06/23/04
Elizabeth Weitzman
Elizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily News
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The movie is much more interested in the flatulence gags it can wring out of lactose intolerance than lampooning social intolerance.

Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune | comment Comment
06/23/04
Colin Covert
Colin Covert
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Even if it lingers a bit too long, White Chicks represents a solid accomplishment for the crowd-pleasing Wayans brothers.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
06/23/04
Kevin Thomas
Kevin Thomas
Los Angeles Times
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The premise veers wildly from its fertile setup, thanks to acting that isn't broad so much as grotesque, humor that's isn't smart so much as witlessly vulgar, and preposterous plotting that insults the intelligence.

Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | comment Comment
06/23/04
Bruce Westbrook
Bruce Westbrook
Houston Chronicle
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A succession of thin sketches that add up to Some Like It Warmed Over.

Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | comment Comment
06/23/04
Liam Lacey
Liam Lacey
Globe and Mail
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Derivative, crude and so predictable it hurts.

Full Review Source: Detroit News | comment Comment
06/23/04
Tom Long
Tom Long
Detroit News
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