White Chicks Review
Sunday, 15. June 2008, 00:39:00
I had heard many bad things about White Chicks, but was intrigued when my mother recommended I watch it. Further, I was surprised when I did watch it that it wasn't the worst film ever and that I enjoyed it all apart from one scene with a dildo that I had to fast-forward.
White chicks is the child of many individual films and even whole genres. The most notable influences being Mrs Doubtfire and Miss Congeniality, but it is also following in the grand tradition of absurd police films like Dragnet and Police Academy as well as Bad Boys, any number of Eddie Murphy films and not forgetting Lenny Henry’s only Hollywood film.
The absurdity comes from the fact that the Wayanses never end up looking anything like the girls they are supposed to be made up as and that they barely act like them. However, the way they triumph over the stuck up white country club set in all situations with their black street smart is hilarious.
One thing that could have been slightly toned down was the Pepé le Pew-like character who went after one of the Wayans when she was dressed as a white chick. Once you go black, you’ll need a wheelchair? Shiver. Apart from that the Latrell Williams character was necessary for comic relief, even if he did look a far more like an NFL player than a basketballer.
One real problem was that the blonde girl of the three who went around with the Wilson sisters was attractive, but was often given unflattering dresses and some unflattering shots. The whited-up Wayans who was the target of the Latrell Williams character had no butt at all, especially compared to the blonde girl of the three. Going further, but not in a completely shallow way, the brunette of the three was woefully underused, because in my opinion the camera liked her the most. However she did have one scene where she had just put on a black mini skirt and crop top that made her even more totally hot and she suddenly started to scream about how fat she looked. The blonde girl in the end had her troubles solved by turning down the man on whom she had a crush because he was a rat. The brunette was never shown to have resolved her self-doubt over her appearance.
I wouldn’t exactly recommend buying or renting White Chicks, especially because of the dildo scene, but if you do end up watching it for any reason, I think you will enjoy it for the dance scene and the surprisingly good fight scenes.
White chicks is the child of many individual films and even whole genres. The most notable influences being Mrs Doubtfire and Miss Congeniality, but it is also following in the grand tradition of absurd police films like Dragnet and Police Academy as well as Bad Boys, any number of Eddie Murphy films and not forgetting Lenny Henry’s only Hollywood film.
The absurdity comes from the fact that the Wayanses never end up looking anything like the girls they are supposed to be made up as and that they barely act like them. However, the way they triumph over the stuck up white country club set in all situations with their black street smart is hilarious.
One thing that could have been slightly toned down was the Pepé le Pew-like character who went after one of the Wayans when she was dressed as a white chick. Once you go black, you’ll need a wheelchair? Shiver. Apart from that the Latrell Williams character was necessary for comic relief, even if he did look a far more like an NFL player than a basketballer.
One real problem was that the blonde girl of the three who went around with the Wilson sisters was attractive, but was often given unflattering dresses and some unflattering shots. The whited-up Wayans who was the target of the Latrell Williams character had no butt at all, especially compared to the blonde girl of the three. Going further, but not in a completely shallow way, the brunette of the three was woefully underused, because in my opinion the camera liked her the most. However she did have one scene where she had just put on a black mini skirt and crop top that made her even more totally hot and she suddenly started to scream about how fat she looked. The blonde girl in the end had her troubles solved by turning down the man on whom she had a crush because he was a rat. The brunette was never shown to have resolved her self-doubt over her appearance.
I wouldn’t exactly recommend buying or renting White Chicks, especially because of the dildo scene, but if you do end up watching it for any reason, I think you will enjoy it for the dance scene and the surprisingly good fight scenes.
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