White Chicks Critic Reviews
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What we get is a tweaked variation on the litany of men-disguised-as-women comedies: "Some Like It Hot" and "Tootsie," just for starters. Obviously, this sassy farce sounds recycled and certainly appears to be in the coming attraction. Yet it's also funnier than expected in ways you wouldn't expect. Read the full review
As lowbrow comedies go, it pretty much delivers. Read the full review
Even if it lingers a bit too long, White Chicks represents a solid accomplishment for the crowd-pleasing Wayans brothers. Read the full review
This is the kind of film that will leave many audience members groaning with laughter -- and others simply groaning. It's skit/situation comedy that exploits stereotypes with a vengeance and knows no shame in borrowing from much better movies ranging from "Some Like It Hot" to "Tootsie."Read the full review
A tawdry excuse for a movie, but it has a handful of shameless giggles.Read the full review
In White Chicks, the gross-out humor is minimal, no character comes off too badly and lessons are learned. Oh Wayanses, where are thy teeth? Read the full review
The film feels long when it should be brisk, and it's bloated with stretches of hot, dead air. The racial kitsch goes nowhere. Read the full review
But it's not what the Wayans brothers do, it's how they do it. They do it funny. Read the full review
Stupidity has worked for the Wayans brothers in the past, but White Chicks will likely test the patience of even their most loyal fans. Read the full review
Here is a film so dreary and conventional that it took an act of the will to keep me in the theater.Read the full review