Guess Whos Coming to Dinner
Joanna, the beautiful daughter of crusading publisher Matthew Drayton and his patrician wife Christina, returns home with her new fiance John Prentice, a distinguished black doctor. As old-line liberals, but still, the parents aren't completely prepared for it.
5 March 1920, Stanton, Iowa, USA
20 February 1927, Miami, Florida, USA
26 August 1921, Amesbury, Massachusetts, USA
12 July 1920, Vicksburg, Mississippi, USA
13 July 1918, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA
24 July 1947, Los Angeles, California, USA
3 June 1914, Pittsburg, Kansas, USA
20 July 1937, Detroit, Michigan, USA
21 February 1919, Ford City, Pennsylvania, USA
5 April 1900, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
12 May 1907, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
29 August 1917, New York City, New York, USA
11 February 1939, New York City, New York, USA
22 August 1893, Cape Town, South Africa
5 May 1942, Detroit, Michigan, USA
23 October 1947, Houston, Texas, USA
August 15, 1936
10 March 1945, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
November 07, 2007
Tracy looks tired in this draggy production; he died soon afterward, and it's infuriating to watch him sweat to inject fire into such pap.
June 24, 2006
A wishy-washy, sanctimonious plea for tolerance, directed with Kramer's customary verbosity and stodginess.
January 26, 2014
...an appealing premise that's employed to watchable (if entirely uneven) effect by filmmaker Stanley Kramer...
November 07, 2007
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.
April 06, 2011
...rather tame and superficial by today's standards: a gentle, sentimental comedy on the subject of interracial marriage.
November 07, 2007
A disaster on all counts -- its time, if it ever had one, has definitely passed.
May 09, 2005
A most delightfully acted and gracefully entertaining film.
January 02, 2011
Civil rights, love, and family stress.
February 13, 2001
Examines its subject matter with perception, depth, insight, humor and feeling
August 10, 2006
Billed in 1967 as Hollywood's first serious film about interracial marriage, this theatrical movie begs one question: What mother in her right mind will object to Sidney Poitier as a fiance to her daughter--he's handsome, renowned pro, and gentleman
October 23, 2004
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.
