You People (2023) User Reviews (575)

The racism actually got on my nerves...

[hawkinsuhc · 6/10 · 5 February 2023]

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..

Those People.

[Top_Dawg_Critic · 4/10 · 28 January 2023]

You know, the ones who wrote all the cliched nonsense with the shallow dialogue, in attempt to make a social satirical rom-com, that ended up flopping miserably. And those that failed to direct the all-star cast properly, so they all ended up being unconvincing in everything they did and said.

I've seen failed SNL sketches with better execution, more urgency in the acting, with coherent and cohesive dialogue. But instead, those people gave us a long, dragged out, boring and shallow blah-blah commentary, with zero laughs, that will have you struggle to stay awake in this predictable sloth-paced nonsense.

Such a waste of a talented cast. This is one of those films that is more annoying than entertaining, and aside from the predictable romance as the core of the film, everything else is just forced, feels phony, and flops from every angle. I can't even suggest it's a decent one-time watch, because I feel like I've wasted 2 hours I'll never get back.

Astonishingly annoying

[cardsrock · 4/10 · 9 February 2023]

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.

You People made a terrible movie

[RussHog · 1/10 · 4 February 2023]

How did this ever get made? Old Man Jonah Hill is miscast as a 35 year old who wants to marry a black woman. Only problem is their families, one Jewish and one Muslim, don't get along. In fact, they have a lot of very insensitive conversations about race and religion. I supposed someone thought this was funny, but it is not. The attempts at humor fall very flat. The jokes are not funny. The cast looks bored. Film looks like it was made in one or two takes and a lot of the dialogue feels like they just made it up as they went along. It's almost shocking this many talented people got in a room and said and did so much stupid unfunny stuff. A miserable comedy.

Mixed feelings

[katiabensalem · 6/10 · 1 February 2023]

Overall I had a good time watching this movie BUT.. Being myself Jewish and married to a Muslim I found this particular storyline truly underdeveloped in this movie. Facing the problems these two cultures bring almost daily it felt too shallow here. The race issues were probably addressed too much but not religious ones and in mixed couples it's usually VERY present. A dad like Akbar would most likely insist on converting Ezra to Islam and his mom would whine much more about Amira not being Jewish (trust me on that one 🙄) I would shorten the parents' parts in this movie and see more what each other's friends or siblings have to say if the filmmakers wanted to keep the tone the film had. Like when they inserted podcast bits. It felt fresh and fun.

And frankly the end of it felt rushed and not believable, I wish they just stayed friends or something like that. Like wtf? Suddenly the parents apologize and all the issues disappear? Maybe I'm just bitter about my own life lol but I really couldn't relate here.

Some good jokes though, I had a laugh or two. And I quite liked the music and the visuals. Like Ezra I grew up with hip-hop so that part was good for me))

The very definition of CRINGE

[jon_hsieh · 1/10 · 29 January 2023]

In recent years, Hill has tried to branch out on his own with his Directors debut and other various works but with this last project its apparent hes incapable of being great while taking the lead. Films like Moneyball and Wolf of Wall Street were great because of good direction, spectacular writing and good lead actors.

You People...Screenwriters/Director Kenya Barris and Jonah Hill do a masterful job depicting racism and twisting it into their own definition of comedy. The result? Cringe with a splash of garbage is exactly what this film was.

Love Jonah Hill but not when hes taking charge.

Glad this was free. I just cant get back those precious minutes i could have used to watch paint dry.

Not great, not bad - but pretty good

[sarastro7 · 7/10 · 28 January 2023]

I'm pretty amazed to see so many down-putting reviews here, almost none of them above a 5. Wow. Several people say that this is trying to be a remake of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, but it's not. It's more of a remake of The Jerk. Racial co-existence is a touchy subject, and I challenge anybody to do a better job of it than this movie - in this cultural climate. Be honest, that would be extremely hard.

I am actually not a fan of Jonah Hill; his style of comedy is far too vulgar for me, but while this movie started out not being very good, I felt it got funnier and funnier as it progressed, and I liked the climax, which was more than just your usual "cold feet at the last minute" thing; it was actually saying something about how families really matter to two people's relationship, as well as about the cultural conflicts in the world today.

Sure, the movie also had clichés and stupid things; that's why it only gets as high as a 7. But I do feel it deserves a 7.

I don't get the thing with the red hoodie, though. Is it offensive to wear a red hoodie among black people? Guess I'll have to google it.

Cringeworthy

[SaidNDone · 2/10 · 6 February 2023]

You People is so poorly written and 'unintentionally' racist that you'd think it was written by Michael Scott. The entire movie is basically an amalgamation of the worst stereotypes around black, 'muslim' (I use air quotes because the characters are actually NOI members the movie misleadingly portrays as muslim), and jewish people despite its message purportedly being the opposite. Actually, I'm not entirely sure what their message was supposed to be but to me it basically came off as promoting segregation.

This movie is pretty much a symbol of everything wrong with post-2015 Hollywood social commentaries... it's almost like twitter addiction has melted the mind of every writer in LA. It got so bad at points that I started to wonder if it was a conservative strawman/parody of urban progressives.

Beyond that the jokes/culture references are mostly 10 years out of date and unfunny, the soundtrack rarely aligns with the scenes it plays over, the transitions between scenes look straight out of a mid 2000's disney channel show, and I'm not sure what possessed the creators to cast Jonah Hill of all people as a 'likable' lead in a romantic comedy -- it just doesn't work.

One Thumb Down

[DogBiteFever · 2 February 2023]

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.

if they got married, they could be the London Hills.

[ksf-2 · 7/10 · 28 January 2023]

So funny! In a case of mistaken identity, ezra (hill) and amira (london) meet up, and immediately get off on the wrong foot. But after going on a date, they really hit it off. They get along great, and even get engaged, but aren't sure how their families will react. Their backgrounds are so different. Ezra's mom tries so hard to be politically correct and hip that she goes overboard, and can't stop talking. Especially at the awkward dinner where the parents all meet. It's awesome. Some minor things, like why was hill so sunburned right after the dinner scene? Did they cut a scene where they went to the beach? Right after that, ezra goes to vegas, so they probably filmed the scenes out of order. A couple things were predictable... as soon as amira's dad (murphy) talks about how much he treasures something, we know something horrible is going to happen to it within ten minutes. Great co-stars.... eddie murphy, dave duchovny, jullia louis dreyfus. So many comedy giants. I wish rhea perlman had more than a one minute appearance. She's so talented. Love mo (sam jay), ezra's business partner. Funny. And they keep mistaking her for a guy. In spite of all the family issues, can they make it work? It's fun. For the most part. I look forward to seeing more from director kenya barris.

You People... shouldn't have made this film.

[eggo81 · 2/10 · 27 January 2023]

Guess who's coming to dinner? Nobody if you show them this film. Culture/race clash comedy where the comedy revolves around a mixed race couple and their respective parent's. One group Jewish, the other Black Muslim.

Blac Dad hates white people. Jewish Mum frequently says the wrong thing to sound more accepting. Any comedy that tries a gag of one upmanship themed around the Slave Trade vs. The Holocaust is scraping the bottom of a barrel that shouldn't even exist.

The cast has the pedigree to make the jokes land. Several SNL alumni alone should be up to task, but they just don't have much to work with.

As a person who has an interracial relationship,..

[professional-50300 · 8/10 · 28 January 2023]

I FOUND THID TO BE 100% relatable!!! Omg I laughed and I cried and the cringe was necessary because I'm life not everything starts off as beautiful as it will be it just needs to be polished and fine tuned (aka their parents)! Love is love and this was amazing! I have dealt with people inappropriately referencing things about my culture in an ignorant manner so I'm glad from both sides it was depicted & there was a resolution in the end! I personally am glad the chemistry was really natural and not forced between Jonah and Lauren!! Every couple may not outwardly look to be a perfect in your eyes but that doesn't mean it couldn't be one💜!!! Great movie!

Edgy Satirical Start Softens Into a Predictable Update

[EUyeshima · 6/10 · 28 January 2023]

So did we need a hip-hop update of "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner"? Not really but this 2023 comedy is worth seeing for the star-laden cast. Directed by Kenya Barris ("Black-ish"), who co-wrote the screenplay with star Jonah Hill, the plot outline is the same - a besotted interracial couple faces problems from their in-laws on the way to the altar. This movie starts with a refreshing edge with the latest street lingo and culminates into a fiery dinner party where the Holocaust and slavery get compared in sharp exchanges. From there, it starts to flatten out into a romcom throwback from another era, but the principals keep it afloat even as the satirical humor dissipates. Lauren London and a pretty funny Hill provide a snappy presence at the center of the story. Eddie Murphy and Julia Louis-Dreyfus play the opposing in-laws exactly as you would expect them to, while others like David Duchovny and Nia Long are underused.

A really terrible movie

[latinfineart · 2/10 · 17 March 2023]

There is nothing entertaining or interesting about this movie, it was poorly written, poorly directed, and poorly acted. Eddie Murphy gave the movie a little bit of a redeeming quality, but when Eddie Murphy can't make a movie funny you know there's just not much to work with.

I think Jonah Hill should stay away from directing and perhaps stay away from writing, because he just doesn't seem to have what it takes. This movie tried to be hip in a very pretentious, very artificial manner, and it was really grating on the nerves. It did not seem sincere and it seemed very Los Angeles, very fake, very superficial, and it was just a terribly difficult movie to watch. Save yourself some time and watch something worthy.

The most annoying film of 2023, it made me so angry!

[Irishchatter · 1/10 · 28 January 2023]

When mum turned to watch this godforsaken movie on Netflix, it was honestly so unbearable to watch but yet I sat through it all and felt that I need @5 118 minutes back. The amount of black this, white that, every skin colour being aggressively mentioned on the show made it just so tiring and extremely annoying. I don't care if you're every colour of the rainbow like cmon man this is 21st century, enough with the labels and make a decent movie goddamnitt!

The cast were good but the writing and the aggressive label slapping made it such a bad movie. I think the 5/10 rating is too nice because it's honestly a 0.00000 for me.

GUESS WHO? > YOU PEOPLE!

[kilofitness · 6 February 2023]

It's been a minute since I've watched "Guess Who" but I can guarantee, from 15+ years memory, that that movie had more substance than "You People".

And if you actually want to enjoy a ROM-COM for pure entertainment value of this kind of comedy watch "Guess Who" instead.

I enjoy my comedies. I don't get offended. I laugh at controversial racial jokes, because it's just that, THEY ARE JOKES!!! But "You People" took it to a WHOLE NOTHA LEVEL where it's not funny anymore. It's just plain pretentious and catering to the current political trend. I don't even want to get into it because I just want to talk about the movie.

The script and dialogue in this movie is atrocious. There's 0 chemistry between Hill and London. I feel like the script was written by an activist and a confused English Lit student who had to turn his/her portion of the script after a Coachella weekend, which he/she attended and stayed up all night finishing the script the day before.

Easy skip. Do better Netflix.

Starts funny. Ends Rushed and Flawed.

[witster18 · 6/10 · 28 January 2023]

The start of "You People" is great. Extremely funny opening 20.

The film obviously has a lot to say about racism. Most of the content on that front is(for the most part) an accurate, poignant, and critical look at racial stereotyping.

Some characters work and some chemistry works, and some doesn't. Most of the time it's working, especially in the films latter half, is when Eddie Murphy is involved.

The chemistry between Amira and Ezra isn't great. The bachelor party scene is a mess. Everything about it needs fixed. We don't hear anything from the friends that make the trip, and the entire cocaine subplot just ruins-it for me. The downplaying of such a serious subject and dangerous drug is alarming, and off-putting. Ezra is already a little hard to like, but that's because he's awkward, but the cocaine-bit ruins that plight.

The film also loses a lot of steam down the stretch. A brief break-up and reconciliation seems rushed and under-written. Eddie Murphy, and the films opening 20-30min, make this film passable for me, but I won't be recommending or rewatching this soft-6 anytime soon.

I think the film is occasionally on point in terms of the racial dynamics, but the film lacks the emotional-chemistry-punch to provide a backbone. The writing is hit and miss throughout, but unfortunately, most of the time Lauren London and Jonah Hill are sharing the screen, the writing wanes. The comedy often works - the drama often doesn't.

Not terrible. Better than most of these(netflix big star comedies), anyway. It's definitely better than "Do-Over", "Me Time", and "Murder Mystery", but not as enjoyable as "Don't Look Up" or "Hustle", for example.

It may be worth a view - especially for Eddie fans.

58/100.

Stupid!

[dogonlion · 1/10 · 29 January 2023]

This movie, if you can call it that, is pretty bad. The humour is forced and not funny. The way people think in it is the way the most stupid elements of society think, a tiny minority, thank God. The cliches and stereotypes are horrible because they're so unrealistic here. Like a black Moslem would never use n-gga to address a black person or anyone else actually. This is exactly the kind of behavior they're against. I could take satire but this is out of this world. Eddie Murphy looks so out of it in this movie, like he couldn't wait for the whole thing to be over. I guess he's in it because he thinks he has to stay relevant. Also the production of the movie itself is lame. There's no artistry to it whatsoever. It could have been shot with one of today's quality phones and edited on a home computer.

Believe the rating here. This movie is going nowhere.

I enjoyed it!

[Francescabeebe · 7/10 · 29 January 2023]

I'm glad I didn't read the reviews before I watched this movie otherwise I wouldn't have watched it and I really enjoyed it! I'm surprised by so many bad reviews from others.

I laughed out loud so many times. It was a modern Rom Com with a bit of a message behind it about cultures, religious differences and generational differences.

The storyline is cool and the movie ran at a good pace with a good soundtrack.

I also liked the cast and characters who were funny and believable. It's definitely an easy watch.

Definitely watch this movie and decide for yourself, don't be put off first by other reviews.

Netflix does it again.

[jackfield-61059 · 2/10 · 4 February 2023]

Yet another comedy stinker from Netflix, i don't know how they do it.

I had high hopes this would be a slightly better than average comedy film (only slightly better because this is Netflix). Stars Jonah Hill, Julia Louis Dreyfus and Eddie Murphy so you kind of expect something ok but instead get something which to be honest is nothing more than annoying. Every character talks in that quick witted way that only happens in the movies, after a while it becomes slightly wearing as its so unrealistic but not as unrealist and really annoying all the white characters do that desparate trying not to sound racist but ending up sounding racist dialogue that has been done to death in so many comedies. Frankly this is embarrassing too watch.

Let it go and enjoy

[mcgill_krm · 7/10 · 31 January 2023]

I'm your average GenX lover of all satire and comedy. Having said that, if you get offended easily, I would pass on this one.

If not, you MUST watch this movie. There are moments of pure comedy gold, delivered in just the right amount of sarcasm. The entire cast worked splendidly together and it took me back to the time where people could take a joke. I grew up in a world where Red Foxx and Richard Pryor were kings. Eddie Murphy was on SNL and Raw was causing chaos from every corner of the country. This movie took me back to a time where comedy was fantastic and if you didn't like it, you secretly thought it was funny anyway.

Woke is getting old.

[Nevergivea10 · 2/10 · 28 January 2023]

First, let me tell you what I like about this movie: I guess I would say that Julia's new face is pretty cool. Clearly she recently had a facelift.

Now what I don't like about this film: as other reviewers have said, this movie was trying to be both a comedy and a social commentary. But neither one of them worked. And then we have the usual stereotypes: all Black people are angry about their oppression and aren't afraid to tell the world about it. The Black people are streetsmart and intelligent. But then we have the white people. They are all clueless, racist, and guilt ridden. Every word out of their mouths is racist and of course they don't even know that it is. This is really getting old. Why can't we just have a movie with white people and Black people being normal human beings. But I guess Hollywood needs to preach it's politics to us, so it's probably not going to end soon.

Better than expected, a real joy of a film

[CatDayAfternoon · 8/10 · 27 January 2023]

Talk about a pleasant surprise, ignore the haters! You People is funny, awkward, heartwarming and real, and isn't afraid to address the elephant in the room. Jonah Hill does what he does best and Eddie Murphy lets him be the funny guy. It's rare to see Murphy so restrained and while both are excellent, Lauren London is the shining star of the film. She's a terrific actress, she rarely seems like she's even acting. I love the story line and the commentary about race...and the trying too hard way we often deal with it. But what I liked most of all was the balanced way the story is told and the message that it's never too late to learn and to change and that it's not just one side contributing to the madness. We all are guilty when we choose to see skin color more than the person underneath, and when we let that get in the way of love, life, family and friendship.

And did I mention it's funny as hell?

Not bad

[gillmurphydogg · 7/10 · 7 February 2023]

I am surprised this film hasn't done so well by critics or IMDB users. It's not a perfect film by far, but a very easy watch. The racial stereotypes are there - yes. But they neatly fall into the context of a multiracial multi-religious relationship. The struggles the main characters face are quite relatable and endear the viewers to them

Eddie Murphy's performance caught me by surprise. There are few lines dedicated to comedy but his role is relatively more dramatic. All in all, it's a worthwhile watch and I suspect most viewers won't be disappointed by the journey. I watched it on the plane and it did make the time go by positively.

meh...

[suego-49293 · 2/10 · 27 January 2023]

Even Julia Louis-Dreyfuss can't save this one. Did it have a good premise? It sure did, for about forty years ago.

So, they took a tired old storyline, added in some pretty good talent which might have saved it, then stupidly added in the requisite Hollywood dreck that completely ruined it - they had to make it non-stop about black vs. White and they did it about as poorly and tediously as they possibly could. The endless comments and "jokes" are incredibly tiresome and do nothing to bring anyone together, especially not the audience, they only serve to further alienate us from each other.

Honestly, just a huge waste of some good actors and the viewers time.