You People wants to update engagement classics such as Guess Who's Coming to Dinner? and Meet the Parents. It tries, although doesn't quite succeed. Jonah Hill meets Lauren London - things start rocky but smooth out and wham! they fall in love. He's white and Jewish. She's Black and her family's Muslim. The parents include Julia Louis-Dreyfus and David Duchovny and Eddie Murphy and Nia Long. The families meet, they clash, true love suffers and then triumphs. I laughed a couple of times at the awkward humor. It's great seeing Julia Lewis-Dreyfus trade barbs with Eddie Murphy. Julia's especially good as a clueless rich white liberal. You People aspires to something deeper. As it is, You People delivers gentle humor and a predictable outcome which is about what you can expect from something that comes with your Netflix subscription.
