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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780767825610
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 0767825616
Label: Sony Pictures
Languages: English (Original Language), Analog
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Release Date: February 02, 1999
Running Time: 108 minutes
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: December 12, 1967
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Editorial Review:
Spencer Tracy's last performance was in this well-meaning, handsome film by Stanley Kramer about a pair of white parents (Tracy and Katharine Hepburn) trying to make sense of their daughter's impending marriage to an African American doctor (Sidney Poitier). The film has been knocked over the years for padding conflict and stoking easy liberalism by making Poitier's character in every socioeconomic sense a good catch: But what if Kramer had made this stranger a factory worker? Would the audience still find it as easy to accept a mixed-race relationship? But there's no denying the drawing power of this movie, which gets most of its integrity from the stirring performances of Tracy and Hepburn. When the former (who had been so ill that the production could not get completion insurance) gives a speech toward the end about race, love, and much else, it's impossible not to be affected by the last great moment in a great actor's life and career. --Tom Keogh
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Mawkish, terribly dated, and borderline embarrassing....
A problem with message movies such as these is that they tread a fine line between being too much of their time and being universal. While this film caused quite a stir in 1967, watching it today is painful and cringe inducing. It's strictly a product of its time.
The story of an interracial couple (Sidney Poitier and Katherine Houghton) marrying was very radical in 1967, but today it's much more accepted. Things are certainly not perfect, but they are much more tolerant than they ... Read More
Rating:  - lilies of the field
This was an exceptional movie. I watch it many times, when ever I need a lift.
Rating: - Spence & Katie ... alas no one to replace them
It is a Classic, what needs to be said? A shame there will never be any more pictures with the two of them, they played it all out, no stops.
Rating:  - Excellent Movie! Not So Good DVD!
This is an excellent movie and it's unsurprising given the quality of the great script; both almost always go together after all. I'm glad to hear from some of the other reviewers that this film is obsolete in the U.S. although I have my doubts but speaking as an international viewer, this film is still so relevant even today. I've known people who are still the butt of insults and dirty looks just because for example one is a dark skinned Indian while his wife is a fair skinned Chinese. Being ... Read More
Rating: - Not So Relevant Anymore But Still Fun
"Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Not so Relevant Anymore but Still Fun
Amos Lassen
I spent Memorial Day watching some "oldies but goodies". For some reason I found myself in the mood for Tracy and Hepburn so I popped the newly remastered DVD of "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner" in my player, sat back and enjoyed every moment. For those of you who have forgotten or never saw the film, it is the story of Joanna Drayton (Katherine Houghton) who brings her fiancé, Dr. ... Read More
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