 | Production Co.: | Wayans Brothers Entertainment |
| Release: | June 23rd, 2004 | |
| Genre: | Comedy and Crime/Gangster | |
| MPAA Rating: | PG-13 for crude and sexual humor, language and some drug content. |
I've liked the Wayans brothers ever since "In Living Color" (Jim Carrey was part of the cast).
White Chicks is their brand of humor, and unless you're some movie critic looking for aesthetics, this is one movie to put in that DVD player when you want a good laugh.
Men dressing up as women has been done before. The Wayans brothers put a twist to this by making black men impersonate white women.
Marlon and Shawn play FBI agents Marcus and Kevin Copeland, who are sent on a simple baby-sitting mission, but end up impersonating the spoiled Wilson brats they are "protecting". The two don prosthetics from hair to toe and do a decent job of acting like women.
The writers threw in complications like: Kevin's wife not knowing what his job is and making the wrong assumption that he's seeing another woman, especially when she saw Marcus dressed up as a white woman in the hotel the two agents are staying in; Marcus falling in love with a woman while on the job so he finds ways to change costume whenever she's around; and my favorite complication is sport jock Latrell Spencer falling in love with Kevin in disguise (Latrell thinks "she" is a white woman with a black woman's ass).
Latrell, played by Terry Crews, has got to be my favorite character in this movie. He's a black guy who identifies himself as otherwise. Even his taste in music is distinctly "white". It was hilarious when he was outraged to find "niggers" in the clubhouse. This is the first time I've taken notice of Terry Crews, and thanks to this movie, I recognize the actor now in the other movies or TV shows.
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