You People

You People

A new couple and their families reckon with modern love amid culture clashes, societal expectations and generational differences.

  • Released: 2023-01-27
  • Runtime: 117 minutes
  • Genre: Comedy, Romance
  • Stars: Elliott Gould, Mike Epps, Yung Miami, Khadijah Haqq McCray, Matt Walsh, Hal Linden, Winnie Holzman, Richard Benjamin, Malik S., Anthony Anderson, Ahmad Dugas, Nelson Franklin, Rob Huebel, Felipe Esparza, Kym Whitley, Romy Reiner, Marla Garlin, Kash Abdulmalik, Emily G. Miller, Todd Shotz
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 Comments
  • TMAuthor23 - 23 June 2024
    Spotty Writing-Inconsistent Performances
    It's a tough watch. There are funny moments, just not enough. And the supposed "good medicine for you" messaging is too ham-handed to allow you to take a breath.

    Jonah Hill has done some good work (Moneyball) but he's a tough sell in this as a self-loathing white guy who lacks self awareness and a backbone.

    Murphy, clearly talented with a long career of successes, turns in an acerbic performance of a misanthropic man who rails against one form of racism only to perpetrate another brand of the same problem. The role takes an actor who has bankable and likable charisma and succeeds in making him unlike-able. Bad writing, curious direction, leaving Eddie on an island.

    All of the other performers, even JLD, are poorly written and therefore unevenly portrayed.

    The plot, wanting to be a deep cultural message, fails at that, then shifts into rom-com formula, failing at that too.

    Such a waste.
  • glenaobrien - 13 March 2024
    Well observed satire on casual racism
    Trading on racial stereotypes to a large extent, there are some clever and funny moments in this rather awkward comedy. Jonah Hill and Lauren London (why isn't she on the poster?) are an unlikely couple, one Jewish and white, the other Muslim and black, who must negotiate, not only their own relationships, but the extremely unhealthy responses of their parents (especially Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Eddie Murphy). It's a romantic comedy with a difference (sort of) but not quite different enough, perhaps, as it follows down the well-worn path of a whirlwind romance, a honeymoon period, a breakup and then a final reconciliation. The way it's all resolved so easily and quickly is a bit of a stretch and the lack of chemistry between the two leads makes it hard to buy their romance but it's good for a few laughs and some well-observed takes on casual racism.