White Chicks

Plot synopsis:
The plot begins in a convenience store where two FBI agents and brothers, Kevin Copeland and Marcus Copeland (Shawn Wayans and Marlon Wayans), try to capture members of an organization that sells drugs inside ice cream boxes, posing as Dominican clerks. Unfortunately, the first arrival turns out to be a genuine ice cream delivery, and the actual drug dealers manage to get away. The situation is worsened by the fact that Kevin and Marcus have decided to resolve this bust by themselves.
The FBI supervisor, Elliott Gordon (Frankie Faison), 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), who are arriving in town for Labour Day Weekend in the Hamptons, from a kidnapping plot (known as the socialite kidnappings). When the Wilson sisters get minor facial cuts in a car accident, Kevin convinces them to stay in the hotel all weekend. Kevin and Marcus then disguise themselves as the Wilson sisters in order to save their jobs.
At the Hamptons hotel, Kevin and Marcus (as Brittany and Tiffany) meet Brittany and Tiffany's three best friends, Karen (Busy Philipps), Tori (Jessica Cauffiel), and Lisa (Jennifer Carpenter), and their rivals the Vandergeld sisters, Megan (Brittany Daniel) and Heather (Jaime King). They also encounter Karen's love interest, Heath, a broke and jobless actor who happens to be Heather's boyfriend. Kevin shows an interest in the news reporter Denise Porter (Rochelle Aytes) from New York 1 and makes an attempt to woo her, forgetting that he is still in disguise as a woman. Marcus' wife Gina (Faune Chambers), whose relationship is already troubled, becomes an additional complicating factor as she gets suspicious when she hears a woman's voice in the background during a phone conversation with Marcus. The woman (a sales representative) is actually just trying to help Marcus get dressed, but Gina does not know that and assumes that Marcus is having an affair. Meanwhile, Latrell Spencer (Terry Crews) takes an interest in Marcus, thinking that he is Tiffany and white. A date with Marcus/Tiffany is then auctioned off to Latrell during a charity dinner, much to Marcus's fear and Heather's jealousy. At the same time, Kevin learns of Denise's desire to be wooed by a wealthy man as opposed to the men she usually sees, and uses Latrell/Marcus's date to steal Latrell's Aston Martin DB7 and house keys to take Denise on a date while pretending to be Latrell. When Kevin and Denise arrive at Latrell's house, Kevin gets mauled by Latrell's giant dog (A Rottweiler) until he manages to trap the dog. As Kevin and Denise get close, he manages to gain some information relevant to the case of Ted Burton (the suspect they're after). Meanwhile, Marcus makes many attempts to repulse Latrell on their date while brushing off his many advances such as eating uncontrollably, chewing off a hangnail on his toe and farting.
At a nightclub, Latrell attempts to drug Marcus in hopes of having sex only to be tricked into taking it himself and ends up in bed with Heath's friend, Russ (Steven Grayhm). Marcus and Kevin beat Heather and Megan in a dance-off hoping to help Karen win Heath only to have Heather drag him off. Karen is seen vomiting in the bathroom, drunk and unintentionally slips to Marcus and Kevin that Warren Vangergeld (John Heard) is penniless, and has only recently paid Karen's own father back for loans he has lent him. The next day, the real Brittany and Tiffany see their faces on a magazine, and they realize that two people are impersonating them. Gina and her friend, Shaunice (Drew Sidora), sees Kevin as Brittany while visiting Marcus and believes that Marcus is "cheating" on her and leaves him in disbelief and hurt. The Wilson sisters go to the hotel their clones were seen at where agents Gomez and Harper (thinking that they are Kevin and Marcus after searching their room through suspicion and finding panties and female masks) undress them only to find out that they're the real Wilson sisters and lose their jobs. This leads to the chief finding out that Marcus and Kevin have been impersonating Brittany and Tiffany. Because of this, the chief fires the both of them. Later on, Kevin and Marcus then realize that Mr. Vandergeld has been behind the kidnappings, using the ransom money to keep his family in their luxurious lifestyle. Their attempts to notify their chief fall on deaf ears and so they pursue the case themselves.
At the fashion show, Kevin and Marcus replace the Vandergeld sisters on the catwalk which angers them and attempt to humiliate the Wilson sisters. Marcus stands up for Karen after she tells Heath she's tired of waiting for him and he callously brushes her off. After the Vandergeld sisters are foiled by the trio and humiliated off the catwalk, Marcus and Kevin are exposed by the real Wilson sisters, at which point Warren Vandergeld attempts to kidnap the Wilson sisters. He temporarily manages to capture one of the real twins and Kevin, only to have his criminal activities and bankruptcy exposed. In the ensuing fight, Kevin is shot trying to protect Denise, and Latrell is shot trying to protect Marcus. The duo successfully capture Vandergeld along with Heath and Russ (with the help of Gomez and Harper) before his plan succeeded which gets them their jobs back. While thanking Latrell, Marcus reveals that he is actually a black man. While Latrell is upset that Marcus is a man, his primary anger stems from the fact that Marcus is black, not that he is a man. Marcus apologizes to Gina for constantly putting work before love, and the two make up, much to Shaunice's chagrin. Denise falls for Kevin after he saves her from a bullet shot by Vandergeld when she caught his secret on film. The movie ends with Tori, Lisa, and Karen becoming friends with Kevin and Marcus for real by making a pact to stay together and go shopping.

Tags: comedy, humor, satire, entertaining

Review:
Anyone who dissect the plot and put the acting and screenplay of this film under a microscope is missing the entire point of this movie.This is a comedy, not a documentary or an historical saga, this is plane humor, dumb with a bit of a slapstick taste...
This is a fun movie to watch with a "stupid" yet hilarious story, simple comedy and a lot of what some people call "toilet humor" (which is always funny) - it's nothing more than pure entertainment and it leaves you with a smile on your face which is never a bad thing, right?
They decide to swap their bad position with his superior Section Chief Elliott Gordon (Frankie Faison) working undercover in an abduction case, disguised in the two spoiled white daughters of a tycoon, Brittany and Tiffany Wilson, getting in hilarious situations.I like the silly and funny movies that Keenen Ivory Wayans directs.
While watching "White Chicks", I laughed a lot and I really liked this comedy, which will never be nominated to an Oscar or to Cannes.
This movie makes fun of everyone-- black, white, rich, poor, dorks, cool people...
I have seen the Unrated version on DVD together with my family.I was very much suspicious about this movie from the moment when I saw the DVD cover and really wanted to push stop button after the first 5 minutes of the film, especially after seeing absolutely silly makeup :=) Lucky for me, others wanted to continue watching.
What followed was 1 1/2 hours of great comedy, some scenes are so hilarious that even after seeing them many times I still laugh again when seeing them.In some way this movie is identical to Soul Plane by being an underdog which is blamed to be racist and full with low level jokes.
After seeing the Wayans Brothers in Scary Movie 1 and Scary Movie 2 I had high expectations on this film, not because they are comic geniuses or anything, but because they are one of the few toilet humor actors I can tolerate and even find quite humorous under the right conditions.
White Chicks pulled out all the stops, and remains one of my favorite movies to watch till this day.There was just so much hilarious material, that was quite different from some of the other comedies I had recently seen.
It was kind of obvious how when the brothers in the film dressed up to be the sisters they looked nothing like them, but I still thought it was a great underrated comedy!.
Actually when i seen this movie my grandfather had just died and i couldn't help but laugh when i saw this film.
Remember its a comedy you laugh at funny things on film, you don't watch a comedy film to write a check list of every thing not politically correct about the movie, its a movie to be enjoyed by the masses not by the political correctness police, get a life people.
One of the best things about the film is that they didn't use the same jokes that every other comedy movie based on someone dressing up as someone else and pretending to be them.
But the Wayans seem to be able to dish out equal portions of playful jabs and tongue-in-cheek which appeals to me.A look at the Hilton sisters and their lifestyle gives more than enough fodder to make something really funny, and it is in this movie.If you want intellectualism, go elsewhere.
It's the kind of movie you don't think you will ever see and I saw it and I laughed again and again.I didn't find it racist because I found the comedy mostly geared toward differences between men and women and the most hilarious aspects of the film come from the Wayan's brothers dressing up as the girls and the tribulations they have.Personally I can understand how anyone over the age of twenty might not find it as funny.
I didn't like any of the Wayans movies, the 'Scary Movie' franchise being the worst but 'White Chicks' comes as quite a nice surprise.
Keenan Ivory Wayans finally offers a film that's actually funny without heading too much towards the direction of horrendous stupidity.
The Wayans brothers do as well as anyone could hope to in their role, playing to the ridiculous situation well.Another movie in a trend of superfluous comedy.
The rest of the cast is mostly unknowns and may spark a laugh here or there but they aren't worth mentioning .Keenen Ivory Wayans wrote and directed White Chicks however Scary Movie 1 and 2 are a lot better.
It doesn't generate a single laugh (except out of sheer embarrassment for the actors) and there's zero social commentary because every character is such a poorly written cliché that you can't get past how over-the-top they are.No one seems to be enjoying what they're doing, the editing is atrocious, all attempts at humor rely solely on the lowest possible juvenile sensibilities and the plot conceit is so entirely implausible that this film just defines 'bomb.
when i watched this trainwreck all that i could think was, "instead of bringing FBI makeup artist to make to black guys look like white chicks, why not just use their skill to cover the scratches on the two women's nose and mouth?" not only did Marlon and Shawn Wayons not look anything like two young white girls, but the plot was terrible, obvious and not funny at all.
I'm going to tell you about the problem with this movie - I understand if you like this film but I got this as a free rental (I work in a BB video store).
Maybe I'm asking too much from this film, but when I saw the promotional matter for this film, I thought it may have something to say about the relationships between race and gender- instead all it does is re-establish what we already know - that it might be an unusual or even a possibly funny experience for a black man to have to hide out as a rich white woman, and that they may not adjust well.
Alright - I'm getting tired of ranting - but this film actually has more to say about the portrayal of women - when the two "girls" grimace at having to engage in feminine activities, is that not saying to the male audience "God, isn't it great that we aren't like that." Especially in reference to the display of overt emotion.
While the premise (change in colour/gender/whatever) is bad enough (and has been done, better, many times before)the actual transformation of two black guys into two white girls is one of the least convincing transformations ever put on screen.
First of all I'd like to say that I did enjoy the Wayans brother Scary Movie (1) and the sequel had it's moments.
If you want a silly comedy with more laughs then look at scary movie, airplane, hotshots 1 + 2.
Do Movie Producers Really Think We are This Stupid?I have been seeing previews for this horrifyingly bad movie, White Chicks almost non-stop.
Yeah, they might have been funny when Eddie Murphey did them in the 80's, or when Richard Pryor did them before that, or when Red Foxx did them before that.I guess the no-talent Wayans brothers thought everyone would think that hip black guys dressing up as lame white women would make for a hillarious combination.
But strangely, if you check your IQ in at the door and think about all the terrible things happening in the world, really think hard about them, two normally unfunny and 2nd-rate actors dressing up like "white chics" can be sort of funny at times.
The film is one dimensional comedy, built on one joke: disguise black guys as white girls, uses well played out racial stereotypes, and familiar jabs at the rich.
The only thing that's funny about this film is the fact that we are expected to believe that two people could pass themselves off as white chicks with that makeup.
As for the racist label, i don't think it can be taken seriously; the film was a compendium of stereotypes from beginning to end: the slapstick, bling laden, rap happy, likable but incompetent, black duo as improbable FBI agents; the stern but ultimately soft hearted black police chief (how many of these have we seen over the years?); the buff mandingo with the appetite for white meat; the rich, shopping crazy, catty heiresses, etc etc.
I cant believe anyone could write such lame lines, and whats worse - that actor with such great potential like Marlon Wayans ( Tyrone from "Requiem For A Dream"; the black dude from "Scary Movie") agreed to play in it!Keenan Ivory Wayans should stick to acting, because thats where he excels.
Some Like it Bad. Sporting two of the worst make-up jobs in motion picture history, Shawn and Marlon Wayans play incompetent undercover FBI agents who dress up as a couple of blond bimbo socialites to nab a kidnapper.
Borrowing virtually all of its plot points - and none of its style - from that gender-bending template, "Some Like it Hot," "White Chicks" hits a new low in cross dressing comedies.
Unlike most actors stuck in a turkey of this caliber, the Wayans have no one to blame but themselves (and their older and presumably more experienced brother, Keenan Ivory, who directed the film and co-wrote the screenplay with them).This is about as completely unfunny as any comedy could ever hope to be, but what I really want to know is how a movie that uses transvestism as its theme can still manage to trash gays every chance it gets..
White Chicks, the newest intellectually insulting "gut buster" from the Wayans Brothers (Shawn and Marlon), is about as funny as a route canal and as entertaining as when Steven Seagal takes a minute or two out of his films to go on boring rants stressing the importance of global peace and political equality.The Wayans were previously responsible for Scary Movie, which was funny not because it was brilliant but rather because it was risqué at the risk of being grotesque, and funny at the risk of being offensive.
The sequel was simply grotesque and offensive.White Chicks is worse than Scary Movie 2, because at least that film had the un-PC antics (like Chris Elliot's deformed hand) that were moderately shocking.
Apart from a pathetic throwaway exploitation of their home life (clichés include: Being a cop who is always late for everything; the wife who is worried about her husband and is upset he never calls her or makes it home on time; the bachelor who's looking for love), the movie pretty much just skips forward right into the plot.I know not all comedies need extensive character backdrops, but even other slapstick buddy films like Dumb and Dumber took the time to introduce their characters and make them distinct.
Well, I think of myself as a person with a strong sense of humor, who simply love comedies, especially, if watched with a group of friends.
My guess is, there were some gags involving plastic surgery that got cut from the movie when someone realized that the mother still looks better than the Wayans brothers.Now, I can suspend my disbelief for anything – even the idea that tall black men in zombie makeup look like cute white chicks.
Trust me, its that bad.If you are only familiar with the Scary Movie films and want to see more of the Wayans brothers then hire out I'm Gonna Git You Sucka.
If you think someone saying "oh no you didn't" while waving their finger is still funny, or you find toilet humor amusing, then you'll laugh at this film.
But I would have to say this, as long as it is a movie like "White Chicks" Who cares?
In short: All the characters are overdone caricatures, the storyline is non-existent, the plot is hopeless, the acting ranges from bad to average and in the end the film just isn't funny.I could lament about why black men don't make very convincing white beauty queens or why the story is so utterly hopeless, but let's face it, that's not what films like these are for.
The reason this movie is so bad, is that it really isn't funny unless you're a ten year old girl.
I suggest you don't make the same mistake.I like the Wayan's family comedy work usually, but this movie is terrible.Not because it is racist...people need to get over themselves on the race hangups and have fun with our differences; comedians have done this for a long time...for me going back to Flip Wilson, and it can be really funny no matter what color you are, if you actually have a sense of humor, which is harder to find in today's PC paranoid younger generations.HOWEVER...this movie is just a terribly produced and acted movie.
Not that Tyler Perry's movies are much better than this one.This was a total waste of my time and I watch some stupid stuff and usually like it..
There is a lot of "I think I'm gonna play some Time Crisis 3." At least for me there was (5 times to be exact).Somebody has to tell Kenan Ivory, Damon, Marlon, Shawn, Damien (the only talented one), Kim, Rakeesha, George W., and Osama Bin Wayans to stop making movies.
If you're looking for a no-brainer movie for one of those days when you need a laugh - and you're not offended by black comedy - this is a must- see.
Sure their make-up as the two rich twin white chicks is a little off, but that is excellent work to look "white", and act like those white rich chicks, given these two girls attitude and demeanor in the beginning of the film before the Wayans went undercover posing as them.
The only way, I managed to remain awake during White Chicks, was by thinking of the various ways, that I would express my disappointment in this review, and that says a lot about me and the quality of this movie.
Every character in the film HAD to play complete idiots so the film could move forward.Some people think this movie is a masterpiece or a "smart" comedy.
STAR RATING:*****Unmissable****Very Good***Okay**You Could Go Out For A Meal Instead*Avoid At All Costs Kevin and Marcus Copeland (Shawn and Marlon Wayans) are two bungling FBI operatives who find themselves caught up in an operation to go undercover as the Wilson sisters,a couple of ditzy,glamour obsessed socialites who appear to be the next target of a gang of international kidnappers.However,two worlds apart from each other,the federal brothers find adjusting to the girls life hard and 'hilarious' complications soon ensue.It says a lot that I'd usually enjoy this kind of movie,even though some would say I was silly and needed to grow up,but here I was just totally out in the cold.I can only remember laughing about once or twice,three times at the most.The whole thing's at least quarter of an hour too long and it all becomes very one-joke very quickly.And,onto my next axe to grind,the undercover costume designs of the two girls.Seriously,these are of such a sloppy standard I've seen better in video productions,and really unacceptable for a major studio film.Unfortunately,this is a definite failure for the Wayans brothers,Keenen Ivory directing here,usually renowned for pulling this kind of thing off with definite aplomb.Unfunny,meandering and as lost as Jodie Marsh's virginity,the writer just seems to have something in for the real-life Hilton sisters the film is so clearly based on.Understandable,in some respects,but,like,you know,don't take it out on us,man.Whatever.*.
It's just non-stop laughs from beginning to end, and if you're looking for a profound or intelligent movie then why would you watch a movie called "White Chicks"?
Political correctness need not apply.Thats what makes a Wayens Brother movie so funny.If you can easily be offended then go see some sweet predictable love story.But if you want to laugh your ass off for an hour and a half to two hours Then check out the Wayens.Thay got the same thing going for them that the television series"All In The Famley"had going for it.No one's safe including the offending party's.Yes,White Chicks is mindless comedy.But mindless comedy at its best in my opinion.Sit back,relax, pop it in your DVD player and enjoy.I cant wait for their next project!Simple plot Marlon and Shawn Wayens play two F.B.I. agents who after bungling a case are recruited to escort two rich sisters to the Hamptons that might be a target of a kidnapping attempt.After a small car wreak and two small scratches on the sisters faces Thay decide can't be caught dead in the Hamptons where with all the reporters and photographers and Socialite friends.To avoid digging even deeper into a hole with their boss,Marlon and Shawn use their connections at the F.B.I. to dress like the sisters and go in their place..
I enjoyed most of the movies, but I didn't really like White Chicks that much.Different people are going to have different opinions.
While I am guessing nobody goes to a movie called "White Chicks" looking for the next "Gone with the Wind", but I do think that movie-goers deserve more than this, particularly given the high quality names involved.There is enough funny material in the film to make a 2 part skit on a late night comedy show, but truly not enough for a feature length film.
But I'm giving this too much thought.When your friends look at you and ask when the movie is going to get funny, it's time to turn it off.
"White Chicks", a film done by the Wayans brothers, is an example of the kind of the crude, immature comedies that are common nowadays, but it's not a very good example.
Some are irked by stupid comedies like this in general, but I think they can be really funny.
I couldn't see the humor in the film because I was thinking about how awful the white chicks looked.