In a nutshell the brilliantly hilarious, pertinent, and wickedly smart new movie, You People is in some ways a new age Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner, that landmark 1967 Tracy-Hepburn-Poitier O…
) , both disapproving of their daughter’s involvement with Ezra who tries hard to prove he understands the Black culture. Being clued into rapper Xzibit turns out to be comic fodder for just some of the jokes Barris and Hill provide in bulk in this culture clash.
The centerpiece dinner bringing both sets of parents together with Ezra and Amira is one of the ages, particularly when the conversation turns to Akmar’s love for Louis Farrakhan . It sets up a series of scenes as the young couple announce their marital plans and realize it isn’t easy merging families with cultural, religious, and racial differences in this day and age.
Barris makes a dazzling feature directorial debut with a razor sharp script he and Hill wrote. There is no fat on this at all, virtually every line lands with precision, and the two hour-ish comedy flies by. L.A. is gorgeously shot and Barris frequently provides interstitial scenes of L.A. landmarks to add flavor, from Roscoes to Randy’s to Capitol Records and much more.
Hill’s return to full-throated comedy is a welcome one and he knocks it out of the park here, the Sidney Poitier as it were to Murphy’s Spencer Tracy. Murphy never seems to age and here has one of his best film outings in recent years, subtly playing a proud father who thinks he knows what is best for everyone – and that wouldbe Ezra. He continues to prove why he has been a star all these years. Louis-Dreyfus is a hoot throughout, a spirited liberal who really has no idea what she is saying.
2023 may be young, but I can pretty much guarantee there won’t be a funnier, and in many ways, more important movie all year long. If there is then we are in for a great year in cinema. Producers are Barris, Hill, and Kevin Misher. Netflix opens it in select theatres today and begins streaming it on January 27.
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