White Chicks (2004)

This wasn't really my type of comedy, but it did have its moments. Plotwise it's a bit too predictable, but the script makes up for it with plenty of exaggeratedly imaginative comedy. There's one super-memorable scene with Terry Crews too - I mean the dance scene. Not sure why that one song's hyped up so much. It's good, but it's such a short moment. Then there's that part with the dog - one of few moments that really had me burst out laughing.

The fact that some of the scenes not involving the undercover black guys dressed up as white girls are the most memorable must say something about the movie too. Feels like there'd be potential for much more comedy with the latter, considering the idea is both new and crazy.

The plot? Two blacks FBI agents go undercover as white chicks. Shawn Wayans and Marlon Wayans - both actors I recognize mostly from the Scary Movie franchise. They do a good job playing awkward, and very occasionally serious, and keep it entertaining all the way even if it's all but clean and professional humor (it's more in the action than the act, and at times a bit too much). The costumes are well-done - not so they'd be convincing in real life, but that the other characters don't see through their charade just make it all the more crazy. It's not the type of movie I'd watch again, but it did entertain.

 rated 3/5: not bad