These Chicks should be, like, totally stood up
White Chicks (2004)
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Reviews Counted:121
Fresh:18
Rotten:103
Average Rating:3.7/10
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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Reviews for White Chicks
The plot is stupid. That’s a given. But the movie is funny, and that’s what counts.
A tawdry excuse for a movie, but it has a handful of shameless giggles.
The film feels long when it should be brisk, and it's bloated with stretches of hot, dead air.
Aims to offend, but the people most offended may be moviegoers who expect movies to actually work for their laughs.
[A] wildly uneven comedy that has some laughs but probably contains more flatulence jokes than any movie should ever need.
"Don't See It" is the kindest phrase I can use to describe this film.
Despite the attempts of the Academy Award-winning makeup artist behind Mrs. Doubtfire, these doubtful misfires can’t pass as white or as chicks.
This is a watered-down, PG-13 picture that desperately needs to have the outrageous, anything-for-a-laugh quality of the R-rated Scary Movie.
The film is nothing more than a tired bore - the kind of film that doesn’t even have the grace to be a respectable bad movie.
[C]an White Chicks possibly be as bad as it looks? In two words: hell yes.
If you're up for a comedy that has its heart in the right place but isn't actually funny, then have yourself a time.
Buried beneath prosthetic makeup, the Wayans brothers look like plastic surgery addicts or robot refugees from 'Heartbeeps.' The result is more creepy than funny.
The makeup work makes the Wayans look like Michael Jackson's albino sisters with blonde wigs. Did I mention less talented sisters too?
The only real laugh to be had at a screening of White Chicks is during the trailer for the goofy upcoming film Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle.
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