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White Chicks
Theatrical release poster
Directed byKeenen Ivory Wayans
Written byKeenen Ivory Wayans
Shawn Wayans
Marlon Wayans
Produced byKeenen Ivory Wayans
Shawn Wayans
Marlon Wayans
StarringShawn Wayans
Marlon Wayans
Busy Phillips
Terry Crews
Jennifer Carpenter
Jaime King
Lochlyn Munro
Jessica Cauffiel
Frankie Faison
Brittany Daniel
CinematographySteven Bernstein
Production
company
Distributed byColumbia Pictures
Release date
June 23, 2004
Running time
110 minutes
CountryTemplate:FilmUS
LanguageEnglish
Budget$37 million [1]
Box office$113,086,475 [2]

White Chicks is a 2004 American comedy film directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans and written and produced by Keenen Wayans, Shawn Wayans and Marlon Wayans. The film was produced by Columbia Pictures and Revolution Studios.

Plot

The plot begins in a convenience store where two FBI agents and brothers, Kevin Copeland and Marcus Copeland (Shawn and Marlon Wayans), try to capture members of an organization that sells drugs inside ice cream boxes (where in they disguise as old Caribbean men that are recipients of the drugs). A gunfight ensues, Kevin and Marcus finally knock out the criminals, leaving the place in shambles. But they soon find out that the men are actually selling real ice cream. Moments later, the real drug dealers arrive and escape. The FBI supervisor, Elliott Gordon (Frankie Faison) and some agents arrive after the scene. The place gets very messy when they arrive. He gives the two agents a last chance to remain in the FBI by giving them the duty of protecting the mega-rich billionaire cruise line heiresses Brittany and Tiffany Wilson (Maitland Ward and Anne Dudek) from a kidnapping plot (known as the socialite kidnappings). When the Wilson sisters get facial cuts in a car accident, they refuse to leave the hotel due to their appearance (despite the fact their cuts are barely noticeable). The agents then disguise themselves as white women in the form of Wilson sister look-alikes in order to save their jobs. At the Hamptons hotel, Kevin and Marcus meet Brittany and Tiffany's three best friends, Karen, Tori and Lisa. They also meet their enemies Megan and Heather Vandegeld. Marcus' wife Gina gets suspicious when she hears a woman's voice while she was on the phone with Kevin. Their marriage goes through a bumpy road. Kevin shows an interest in the news reporter Denise Porter, they have a long bumpy road of trying to be men, Marcus for his wife and Kevin for Denise as well as trying to be women at the hotel. In the end they attend the "white" party, the real Tiffany and Brittany Wilson turn up and they dont know what to do, but something more important accures, they spot a suspicious man with a gun at the party.

Cast

Reception

Critical response

The film received poor reactions from critics. Rotten Tomatoes gives it an aggregate rating of only 15% based on 121 reviews. Film critic Richard Roeper put the film at #1 on his list of the worst films of 2004 amongst claims of unconvincing prosthetics, and was nominated for five Golden Raspberry Awards, including "Worst Picture". Ronald Dumsfelt from Opinion Magazine famously reviewed the film with a single line "like a cross between Bad-Boys and Mrs. Doubtfire........ and if both films were sh*t"

Box office

It grossed $70,831,760 at the U.S. box office, $113,048,997 worldwide and has become popular on broadcast cable networks. {{citation}}: Empty citation (help)

Soundtrack

  1. "Latin Thugs" - Cypress Hill
  2. "Hey Ms. Hilton" - The Penfifteen Club
  3. "Shake It (Like A White Girl)" - Jesse Jaymes (Copeland)
  4. "A Thousand Miles" - Vanessa Carlton
  5. "Realest Niggas" - 50 Cent, Notorious B.I.G., Eminem
  6. "White Girls" - Mighty Casey
  7. "Dance City" - Oscar Hernandez
  8. "U Can't Touch This" - MC Hammer
  9. "Dance, Dance, Dance" - The Beach Boys
  10. "Guantanamera" - Jose Fernandez Diaz
  11. "It's My Life" - No Doubt
  12. "(I Got That) Boom Boom" - Britney Spears
  13. "Crazy in Love" - Beyoncé, Jay-Z
  14. "It's Tricky" - Run-D.M.C.
  15. "This Love" - Maroon 5
  16. "No Control" - Blackfire
  17. "I Wanna Know" - Joe
  18. "Tipsy" - J-Kwon
  19. "Satisfaction" - Benny Benassi
  20. "Let's Get It Started" - Black Eyed Peas
  21. "Move Your Feet" - Junior Senior
  22. "Final Heartbreak" - Jessica Simpson
  23. "I Need Your Love Tonight" - Elvis Presley

Sequel

On August 16, 2009, it was reported that a sequel is in the works with Keenan Ivory Wayans set to direct and write again along with his brothers Shawn and Marlon Wayans. Shawn and Marlon will reprise their roles as black FBI agents pretending to be white women.[2] Marlon Wayans said "In the lab writing White Chicks 2, and in the gym cutting pounds. Who says showbiz is easy? It was nice to have shoulders. Oh well..." from his Twitter on August 27, 2009.[3] On December 4, Shawn and Marlon Wayans announced on Good Day L.A. that a sequel was in production and will be released in either late 2010 or 2011.

See also

References

  1. ^ Ben Nemtin (April 11, 2010) http://www.imdb.de/name/nm1640104/
  2. ^ http://www.cinemablend.com/new/White-Chicks-2-Tropic-Thunder-Payback-14388.html
  3. ^ Marlon Wayans (August 27, 2009) http://twitter.com/marlonlwayans
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