Guess Who's Coming to Dinner is a whole lot of talking. I mean, the whole movie was people talking. Mom talking to daughter. Mom talking to boyfriend. Boyfriend talking to dad. Boyfriend talking to daughter. And so on forever, everybody giving opinions and checking in on other peoples' opinions. As if the opinions of all the parents weren't enough, they add in a maid and a Catholic priest (even though no one is Catholic) to chime in with opinions, too. The worst part is at the end of the movie when Spencer Tracy gives everyone a speech and recaps the whole movie when the whole movie was just people talking to each other! I mean, I'm making it sound worse than it really is, but there seriously was A LOT OF TALKING.
It's like a math word problem from the SAT or something: If you have a black guy and a white girl who want to get married, and they each have a set of parents, plus a maid and a priest, how many opinions must be shared among the whole group?
I also thought this movie was set earlier than in the 70s for some reason. I don't know what the reaction was like when this first came out, I should look into that.
But Sidney Poitier has such a handsome, boyish face in this~
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