Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.1 / 5.0

Landmark film about racial prejudice:

Considered a landmark film, it addresses racial prejudice and interracial marriage in a time when sixteen states in America still upheld laws that made miscegenation a crime. It is important to pay attention to past racial and ethnic issues, in order to understand those today and to see whether any 'progress' towards a more 'tolerant' society has been made. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner is an entertaining, straightforward and well-meant film that will hopefully make students aware of the controversy of... more info

GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER...OSCAR, THAT'S WHO!:

Words can't even describe how good this movie is, but I'll try. This film was made in 1967 (can you believe that). It's the story of an interracial couple (Katherine Houghton and Sidney Poitier), who travel to San Francisco to tell Houghton's parents (Spencer Tracy and Katherine Hepburn) of their engagement.
You can imagine the controversy this movie must have made back in the '60s, but the film makers handeled it very well and very resposibily. I love this movie so much, because it takes a very obvious... more info

Bit Prepackaged for My Taste:

More like 3.5 stars. There's nothing particularly wrong with this movie but it's not the genius its been made out to be either. It's not nearly as daring as it likes to think it is. He's a wealthy, smart, sophisticated mature professional. She's an airhead. He's black and she's white. He's a catch and a half and she's a twit. The real question should not be why does she want to marry a black man but rather what he sees in her. Of course they will have problems with the intolerant aspects of society. Of... more info

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