You People

Not a surprise, I guess.

What did I know about this movie? Eddie Murphy is in it. For me he still has the stigma that I'm gonna get some good laughs if he does this movie. Jonah Hill is in this movie. I think Jonah Hill is funny. He has the perfect wit for Eddie to bounce jokes off of. I also saw in the trailer Nia Long is in it and I felt she was a fine enough actress for Eddie to bounce jokes off of.

None of that happened. Julia Louis Dreyfuss and David Duchovny are also in the movie and they were ready to make us laugh and they did but it was so minimal. Can't say I did not laugh but I was hoping this cast would give me far more than they did.

There was a point in which comedian Mike Epps, who gave me bigger laughs than Murphy, were doing a scene together and I got nothing.

Comedian Andrew Schulz was in the movie, involved in a scene that had me giggling when I should have been busting a gut.

All I can say is Kenya Burris hit the motherload with Blackish and the universeish (I don't know if that's what it's called), but he can't replicate it. BlackAF was a very bad replication of Blackish and You People also seems to take elements Burris touched on before, (which is not a bad thing, do what you know) but somehow it just never matches the Gold he did with Blackish.

His comedy on mixed relations is getting tired, You People felt tired, and it seemed that all Eddie was doing was playing Kenya Burris and that's not what this movie needed.

Not as bad as I am making it out to be but all I see is something that could have been so much better.

Let's face it: you can set a comedy in Los Angeles and it'll always achieve nominal success. A multicultural cast, socially relevant humor, cool music, drone shots and boom - that's a movie. There's something about palm trees and attractive people that'll never go out of style.

But this formula is beyond old. You have to have that thing that makes it stand out. Something fresh, something new under the sun. I'm not sure if it's the studios, writers or talent, but a major part of that team is resting on their laurels.

I loved the casting of old school comedic actors that are likely singing their swan song. The plot is tried and true, and it normally works. I just wish the filmmakers of You People did their homework to give us a film worthy of all their unorthodox comedic talents.

Too bad You People wouldn't make it into the 'staff picks' of a Thousand Oaks Blockbuster. How's that for old school and sarcastic?

The black side actually aggravated me more than anything. I'm black and I was almost embarrassed. They just seem incredibly racist! For all that Jonah Hill's character tried to do, it just seems as if they couldn't acknowledge it. They didn't care. He was white and that was the problem. At one point I almost wanted to scream at the screen. As for the white family, or side of the family, they're ignorance, to me, was them just trying to make the girl feel welcomed, in their own misguided way. There were times when this movie actually became a tad bit painful to watch. I know they're supposed to be a moral to this, but this movie almost promoted racism. They, in my opinion, wanted to turn the white mom interest a "Karen" unfairly. I actually felt bad for her because she didn't realize what she was doing and it was brought to her attention in a horrible way. Also, I think Jonah Hill's character was much stronger than Lauren London's character, Amira.

Also, side note! It annoyed me that Eddie Murphy said the "N" word in every other sentence in this movie but took issue with white people. I've had I've always had an issue with this because I've just felt like if you don't like it being said, don't you say it..

It's been some time that I've been so bewildered and frustrated watching a film.

This very talented cast is absolutely wasted on a terrible script filled with inane and outdated jokes. It's 2023, I think we've moved beyond the ridiculous viewpoints and stereotypes displayed in this film. The characters behave in such ridiculous ways. Eddie Murphy suddenly just decides to stop being a racist piece of crap and Julia Louis-Dreyfus has an awakening about how to speak to black people normally. It's all just so freaking annoying to watch.

Hill and London also have net zero chemistry between them, which funny enough, really tends to tank a romantic comedy.

I'd rather listen to crying souls in hell for all eternity than to have to watch such ridiculousness ever again. The storyline was cute and the film could have been FAR more successful if they'd steered clear of Amira's relentless, chip on my shoulder attitude. Like honey, you will treat me with the same respect I am showing. This film seems to comparatively allude that its okay to conclude all drivers must be road ragers based solely on the fact that one driver just side swiped you. What?!? There is ZERO reason for Amira to be so incredibly disrespectful the entire movie. Like your BF is trying to help you by calling a friend and that warranted her tongue lashing in return? Thats not reality. People call in favors for people all the time. Amira is Amira's own worst enemy. Her attitude, her facial expressions, her everything was no no nopety nope for me. Then we have Eddie Murphy's attitude. They were just gross. JLD performance was the most genuine and organic. Ezra, kind of sort of crushed it but my gawd, what an absolute wuss of a "man" character. It was refreshing to see him behave (how I kind of thought most of us already did) by simply liking what he likes and not apologizing for it nor explaining it away. Thats how it should be; but, then he went and lost all pride in himself. I also found it very difficult to believe JLD was his mom. They look maybe ten years apart in age, maybe. (He looked the same age as his dad.) JLD desire to include Amira was palpable. Yet all Amira wanted everyone to know, see, know, see, know some more, and see again...is that shes black. Why? With that attitude I could care less if you black white purple or blue. Character people, character is what carries you or holds you back. The apologies almost made me lose my lunch. Do we want to move forward or not? This movie is definitely NOT bridging any racial disparity gaps.