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Movie Reviews By Bil Antoniou

Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner

BBB

(out of 5)

This drama isn’t as newsworthy today as it was in 1967 (though even at the time it was already considered quaint by many).   and  welcome their daughter () home and discover that she is engaged to be married, ecstatic about the news and then taken aback when their future son-in-law turns out to be .  Having raised their daughter liberally all her life, teaching her that all races are equal and that segregation is wrong, they shouldn’t be too surprised that their daughter now sees love in this man without being hindered by the colour of his skin, but can they still stick by their beliefs when it is brought so close to home?  Can what society says influence they way they feel about their own child?  Does anyone notice that their daughter is a simpering bore and Poitier is practically a brain surgeon?  Excellent acting abounds, though the staging tends to be a bit too claustrophobic and unimaginative.

Columbia Pictures Corporation

USA, 1967

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Academy Awards 1967

Golden Globe Awards 1967

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