So it's a black Meet The Parents.
That clip wasn't as funny as I was expecting. Maybe too straight laced a performance for Eddie Murphy.

Hard to tell from that clip but I didn’t have a problem with Eddie Murphy (or Nia Long). They seems to be playing it right. Jonah Hill seemed like he was in a completely different movie with his delivery.

Not the funniest clip but the GOAT exchange made me chuckle.

Jonah seems like a complete idiot. I guess he's endearing enough of a character that someone could fall in love with a loser.

Finally, the cross pollination of the 2005 remake of Guess Who(se Coming to Dinner) and 2016's Why Him? we have all been waiting for.

The movie doesn’t look particularly great but it’s cool to see and early-80s SNL reunion of Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Eddie Murphy.

I'm looking forward to this. I hope it surprises us.

Out this week. Reviews are not good so far: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/you_people_2023

I enjoyed this. Lots of recognizable comedians. Basically a “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” theme plot.


Soundtrack, music rights budget must have been expensive haha

I thought it was ok. Nothing special.

I have LOVED the first 15 minutes of this. Jonah Hill is fucking killing it. But I have read it fizzles a bit about 30 minutes in.

Well, the reviews I saw, saying that it really falls off after the first 30 minutes are accurate.

It’s a shame because there’s so much great talent in this and so many people that we all like.

Someone else needed to direct this. Julia gives an annoying performance as the out of touch white mom.

Kenya Barris tries to make almost every scene, so uncomfortable as far as race that it kind of loses its steam. It’s like WE GET IT ALREADY. SHE HAS NO CLUE ABOUT OR HOW TO ACT AROUND BLACK PEOPLE.

oh, you people are so critical.

This is what ended up killing Blackish for us after the first couple of seasons. Went from a funny series that was centered around a black family, then it was "a very special episode" every week that got too serious for its own good. Jonah Hill shares the writing credit, so I wonder how much he actually contributed.

Considering the talent assembled for this movie, it was awful.

What did Ezra and Amira see in each other that made them want to get married? It was never clear in the beginning, and became hazier as the story went on.

Ezra was a terrible character. He's supposed to be likable, so that the audience can be on his side when Akbar is riding him, but what was likable about him? I thought he had an annoying wishy-washy personality, and add on his willingness to lie about anything to ingratiate himself with people. And I don't know what he supposed to be dressed like all the time.

And the podcast, ugh. He's going to give up his career to pursue his dream of being a podcaster at the same time he wants this woman to marry him? Run away, Amira. And the podcast with its insights, ugh again. This is supposed to be real? Two nobodies talking about race relations.

How can the audience take the stakes of the relationship seriously if the movie does not? A Muslim woman marrying a Jewish man would have real issues to sort out, and that could be portrayed with humor. A Tron-themed wedding? This is fucking nonsense.

And Jonah Hill looks like shit. He and Lauren London are the same age. Inconceivable!

In my opinion, that dialogue seemed improvised and the other actors worked off of it. The Jewish wedding planner asked a question in that scene ("and you have 40 of them?"), that didn't seem necessary.

The “you look like you work in Old Navy during their summer sale” “you look like a magician’s assistant from 1982” style of back and forth insults need to stay in 2007.

And so can the jokes about trying to hide a vice (in this case cocaine usage) and friends bringing up more extreme examples. His friends had no situational awareness to the point of absurdity.That felt more like a rejected SNL sketch, complete with the dealer showing up on cue.