{"id":16198,"date":"2023-01-26T20:48:58","date_gmt":"2023-01-26T20:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moviesandshakers.com\/staging\/4428\/?p=16198"},"modified":"2023-01-26T21:07:24","modified_gmt":"2023-01-26T21:07:24","slug":"you-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviesandshakers.com\/staging\/4428\/you-people\/","title":{"rendered":"You People"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]We\u2019ve been missing good rom coms and we were rooting for this one. It has a great cast and a message, but tries to oversimplify this couple\u2019s obstacles through comedy. Jonah Hill, in his most likable role, and the striking Lauren London are an awkward pairing trying to pull off this alternate version of Guess Who\u2019s Coming to Dinner<\/i>. Hill is funny, preoccupied with his multi-color hair and obsessed with sneaker culture. Somewhat stereotypical performances from Eddie Murphy and Julia Louis Dreyfus provide a few comedy high points, but are also very culturally revealing.<\/p>\n

Religious and racial differences are the basis of this film written and directed by Kenya Barris (Blackish, Coming to America, Barber Shop)<\/i> who co-wrote it with Jonah Hill (Don\u2019t Look Up, Moneyball, Jump Street<\/i> movies). It opens in a synagogue during a high holiday service with Ezra (Hill) being outrageous and disrespectful. He works in finance, but dreams of being a full-time podcaster with his cool collaborator, Mo (Sam Jay). Ezra\u2019s patter is a little fast and heavy-handed with inaccurate street slang. An awkward chance meeting with Amira (London) ignites the spark of this unlikely relationship.\u00a0<\/span>[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”16202″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css_animation=”fadeInUp”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”16200″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css_animation=”fadeInUp”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”16201″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css_animation=”fadeInUp”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]Going out as a couple was a challenge, but not as much as meeting the parents. Shelly and Arnold (Julia Louis-Dreyfus and David Duchovny) check the boxes as the stereotypically Jewish, LA, cluelessly progressive parents. But Louis-Dreyfus carries the load as the most hilariously oblivious of the two. She\u2019s exuberant, but doesn\u2019t even know that her foot is in her mouth.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

On the other side of the racial divide, Fatima and Akbar (Nia Long and Eddie Murphy) are not happy about their daughter\u2019s choice. Murphy is Muslim, a follower of Minister Louis Farrakhan, restrained, seething and doesn\u2019t miss any opportunity to put Jonah down. He is the true example a protective Dad.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s clear who wrote for who in this script. Jonah obviously tapped into his Jewish roots and Barris does same with Black sensibilities. There is some\u00a0 <\/span>enjoyment seeing how their characters either clash or intertwine. This film simplifies that love can conquer all the societal, economic, and cultural differences that separate us.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Murphy seemed too restrained and not as engaged in the role as we were expecting. There\u2019s one scene where he\u2019s holding an iPhone where he seems completely disinterested and expressionless. Part of it was his trying not to accept Ezra, but it also seemed underplayed. Murphy looks great, forever young, and, fortunately, the script lets him come out of his shell by the end.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”16206″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css_animation=”fadeInUp”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”16204″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css_animation=”fadeInUp”][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”16205″ img_size=”full” alignment=”center” css_animation=”fadeInUp”][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][vc_column_text]There might have been good intentions here, but like it or not, Eddie Murphy is portrayed as the most racist character. He hates that his daughter not only wants to marry a white man, but worse, a Jew. Julia Louis-Dreyfus, on the other hand, doesn\u2019t hate her prospective daughter-in-law, she\u2019s just ignorant, not knowing how to relate to a Black woman as a person. Interracial marriage does not carry the stigma it did when Guess Who\u2019s Coming to Dinner <\/i>was in theaters. But this is an LA film all the way. with familiar locales filled with pleasing generic characters, some good bits and a predictable Hollywood ending. Along with the laughs, we\u2019re not sure the message lands with You People<\/i>?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Netflix \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>1 Hour 57 Minutes \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/span>R<\/i><\/b>[\/vc_column_text][vc_video link=”https:\/\/youtu.be\/Lcd0df7jwpM” el_width=”80″ align=”center” css_animation=”fadeInUp”][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][\/vc_section]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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