You People

You People stars Eddie Murphy, Jonah Hill, Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Lauren London in the Netflix rom-com about mixed marriages — but is it good?

There is a good pace to the film, which never languishes too much in the more sentimental moments. It's a very specific dynamic meant to represent a wider societal gap that is always down to the individual to cross. Hill, who co-wrote with Kenya Barris (who also directed), plays the mid-3os Ezra, who is stuck in a job he doesn't like while pursuing his passion, a culture podcast with his best friend Mo, in which the pair — white-Jewish and Black — discuss culture with tongue firmly in cheek.

Lauren London and Jonah Hill are shown in a scene from the movie, "You People." Netflix. Talk about juggling a hot potato ...

“Do you know what he thinks of the Jews?” In short order, more than the kufi goes down in slapstick flames as the parents start comparing slavery to the Holocaust. Mom Fatima (Nia Long) is still easier than Big Daddy Akbar, played by Murphy with an authoritarian rigidity that hardly allows the comedy icon to bring his edgy humor to the party. Ezra’s dad (a loopy David Duchovny), happily owns up to his obsession with Xzibit on “Pimp My Ride.” He meets up with Amira Mohammed (London), a costume designer he mistakes for his Uber driver. “You People” also marks the feature directing debut for “Black-ish” creator Kenya Barris, who co-wrote the script with Hill. “You People,” now on Netflix, starts off promisingly as just such a comic provocation.

Stacked with an incredible ensemble of comedic actors like Eddie Murphy, Jonah Hill (who also co-wrote the script with Barris), Julia Louis-Dreyfus, David ...

Depending on how appropriate you found those movies for your family, You People might be okay to watch together. Kenya Barris and Jonah Hill co-write the film, so if you’ve seen some of their other projects, you probably have an idea of what to expect from this film. Stacked with an incredible ensemble of comedic actors like Eddie Murphy, Jonah Hill (who also co-wrote the script with Barris), Julia Louis-Dreyfus, David Duchovny, and more, You People is shaping up to be a hilarious romantic comedy perfect for the most romantic time of year.

The You People soundtrack is full of terrific tracks, so let's break down a full song list for the 2023 Netflix movie starring Eddie Murphy.

- Honest performed by Rocco Not only is the movie’s cast star-studded, but its soundtrack too. On the movie side of things, the latest to demand our attention is You People, and let’s be honest, how could it not with a cast that includes Jonah Hill, Eddie Murphy, and more?

Better Tagline: "So *that's* what Paula Abdul was singing about." Not So Brief Plot Synopsis: Ezra Cohen (Jonah Hill) is a finance broker, but dreams of success ...

Hill and London are winning enough, while JLD and (especially) Murphy are a treat to watch. Indeed, many of the issues here were brought up in Black-ish, and that show's Anthony Anderson and Deon Cole even make an appearance. Barris has put together a stout cast, and Duchovny (as Ezra's dingbat dad Arnold) and Long (as Amira' imperious mother Fatima) handle themselves well. Their meet cute isn't as insufferable as others we've been subjected to, and while the movie's needle stays faithfully in the groove of the genre, first-time feature director Kenya Barris navigates the shifts from 1) burgeoning relationship to 2) family get-together to 3) will they or won't they? Co-writers Barris and Murphy also tend to fall into didacticism at the expense of actual comedy. His parents (Julia Louis-Dreyfus and David Duchovny) are more worried their 35-year old son won't ever meet the right woman.

You People, an American buddy comedy now streaming on Netflix, explores the love of two people from different backgrounds and cultures who share a passion ...

You People, an American buddy comedy now streaming on Netflix, explores the love of two people from different backgrounds and cultures who share a passion for streetwear and music. However, the parents are stereotypically set in their own ways, making it difficult for the couple to freely connect and be liberated. Families and cultures clash when the couple fall in love and face the ultimate relationship test: meeting the parents. It is co-written by Kenya Barris and Jonah Hill and produced by the two alongside Kevin Misher. This contemporary love comedy situated in the midst of competing cultures is now streaming on Netflix. Movie of the Week

Netflix comedy film You People starring Eddie Murphy and Jonah Hill sees a loved-up millennial couple put their relationship to the test by meeting the ...

His voice will also be recognised from voicing Donkey in the Shrek movies and Mushu in Mulan. However, over the course of the film, Akbar gets to know his future son-in-law, and tensions begin to thaw. London is known for playing Keira Whitaker in Girlfriends spin off The Game, and Monyca in Netflix crime drama True Story. Despite being in love with Ezra she is nervous to meet his parents too. He is also a voice actor and his voice acting credits include roles in Megamind, How to Train Your Dragon, and The Lego Batman Movie. You People is a buddy comedy about a white man and his Black partner, two millennials, Ezra and Amira, from LA, who are planning to get married, but must first meet each other’s parents.

Without Murphy's deadpan, steely reactions to the latest affront, this would be all strain and little gain.

With a smooth overlay of LA sights and sounds, and a side of blueprints stolen from “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” and “Meet the Fockers,” “You People” ends up a lot less insightfully funny than “Black-ish.” “You People” contrives obstacle after obstacle for Ezra and Amira, with the expected arrival of serious relational conflict around the two-thirds point. “Ain’t that a bitch?” A century ago, the massive Broadway hit “Abie’s Irish Rose” satisfied audiences with a tale of an Irish lass, a Jewish boy and their meddling, tradition-minded parents. I’m woke!” “You know the national anthem?” she asks, as she’s being pushed out of the living room by her aghast son. She calls Ezra “my favorite Jew with nuthin’ to do”; he’s so devoted to their mutual love for the podcast’s subject, he’s like the brother Quentin Tarantino never had. Surely most of us know the feeling of being the one not laughing in a laughing crowd, the Buster Keaton surrounded by hyenas.

Netflix's first major comedy of 2023 is now out on the streaming platform. You People stars Jonah Hill and Lauren London as a young couple who fell in love ...

[Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/you_people_2023) (opens in new tab), there’s a 20% disparity between the two, with critics branding it "rotten" while viewers are much more positive. [The Wrap](https://www.thewrap.com/you-people-review-eddie-murphy-jonah-hill-kenya-barris-netflix/) (opens in new tab)’s Ronda Racha Penrice concludes: "While their take on interracial relationships in the 21st century seems aimed at young-adult viewers, it will likely instead land with their parents and grandparents." While a third simply writes: "Hilariously funny, great cast, beautifully shot." "I thought that the cast had great chemistry," writes one. You People stars Jonah Hill and Lauren London as a young couple who fell in love after a rideshare mix-up. Netflix’s first major comedy of 2023 is now out on the streaming platform.

Ezra Cohen and Amira Mohammed don't exactly meet cute. He jumps into the backseat of her red Mini Cooper, mistaking it for his Uber and she starts punching him, ...

Mother Julia Louis-Dreyfus and dad David Duchovny — both absolutely screamingly excellent as superficial progressives — are fountains of micro-aggressions, mispronouncing Amira’s name or instantly wanting to talk to her about Earvin “Magic” Johnson. “If you like something, you like it,” he says, rather naively. “So do you hang out in the ‘hood all the time or do you just come up here for our food and women?” Amira’s dad, a wonderfully spikey Eddie Murphy, pointedly asks Ezra. It’s a “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” for 2023. Hill and “black-ish” creator Kenya Barris have written a rom-com with teeth, a film not afraid to air long-simmering cultural grievances. He apologizes and offers to guide her out of the concrete maze of Century City.

Jan. 27 (UPI) -- Culture-clash comedy You People, true crime film Hoax: The Kidnapping of Sherri Papini, comedy series Shrinking and nature documentary ...

[David Attenborough](https://www.upi.com/topic/David_Attenborough/), takes viewers on a tour of the wildlife native to the Arctic and Antarctic, as well as some of the other coldest habitats on Earth. [a new series streaming](https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/TV/2023/01/12/Lockwood-Co-trailer-Ruby-Stokes-Netflix/3891673534305/) Friday on Netflix. [Jennifer Lopez](https://www.upi.com/topic/Jennifer_Lopez/) and [Josh Duhamel](https://www.upi.com/topic/Josh_Duhamel/) star in romantic comedy/adventure film Shotgun Wedding, [streaming Friday on](https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/Movies/2023/01/11/Shotgun-Wedding-trailer-Jennifer-Lopez-Josh-Duhamel-Amazon/7461673459588/) Prime Video. [Jessica Williams](https://www.upi.com/topic/Jessica-Williams/), Christa Miller and Michael Urie also star. The series, based on the Jonathan Stroud [book series of the same name](https://www.upi.com/Entertainment_News/2022/12/20/Winter-2022-reading-list/8261670969026/), sees young psychic Lucy Carlyle (Ruby Stokes) joining the agency run by Anthony Lockwood (Cameron Chapman) and George Karim (Ali Hadji-Heshmati) to take on evil spirits. The special episode of Next at the Kennedy Center also features performances from Durand Bernarr, India Shawn and Ezy Truth, as well as interviews with Simone Eccleston, Jasmine Martin, the Rev. The film, directed by [Kenya Barris](https://www.upi.com/topic/Kenya-Barris/) and co-written by Hill and Barris, also features [Julia Louis-Dreyfus](https://www.upi.com/topic/Julia_Louis-Dreyfus/), [David Duchovny](https://www.upi.com/topic/David_Duchovny/), Sam Jay, Elliot Gould, Travis Bennett, Molly Gordon, Rhea Perlman, Deon Cole, Andrea Savage, Mike Epps, Emily Arlook, La La Anthony and Bryan Greenberg. EST on TLC and streams on TLC.com and the Discovery+ app. The film stars Jamie King as Sherri Papini, a wife and mother who [went missing for 22 days](https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2022/03/05/sherri-papini-accused-faking-kidnapping/3541646520411/) in 2016 and turned up at the side of a highway with her face bruised, her wrists and ankles chained and her hair cut. The show is written by Jesús Mesas and Javier Andrés Roig and directed by David Ulloa and Laura Alvea. The series, created by Segel, Brett Goldstein and [Bill Lawrence](https://www.upi.com/topic/Bill_Lawrence/), also stars [Harrison Ford](https://www.upi.com/topic/Harrison_Ford/) as a fellow therapist and mentor attempting to help Segel's character deal with the death of his wife. The film, written by Mark Hammer and directed by [Jason Moore](https://www.upi.com/topic/Jason_Moore/), also stars [Jennifer Coolidge](https://www.upi.com/topic/Jennifer_Coolidge/), Sonia Braga, [Cheech Marin](https://www.upi.com/topic/Cheech_Marin/), Selena Tan, D'Arcy Carden, Callie Hernandez, Desmin Borges, Steve Coulter and [Lenny Kravitz](https://www.upi.com/topic/Lenny_Kravitz/).

In You People, Ezra is a single Jewish guy living in West Los Angeles. He works in finance, he co-hosts a successful podcast which he enjoys, ...

But this a great movie, which has plenty of laughs, and lots to discuss. Despite its deconstruction of cultural wars, which is a serious topic, You People is very much a playful film, which delivers its messages in an approachable and easily accessible way. Jonah Hill (who co-wrote the movie) takes on the lead role of Ezra in You People, and he is not only great, but consistently funny throughout. Love can be a tricky thing at the best of times, but right now, when everyone is arguing about everything (and no one is listening), finding and maintaining a connection can be a nightmare. Sharp, witty, and loaded with on-the-nose commentary and observations, the movie is a smart look at how difficult it can be to navigate love in the modern world. Six months later, Ezra and Amira are in a relationship and he’s ready to pop the question.

It is one tiny rewrite away from a broad “Naked Gun”-esque parody of comedies that traffic in racial stereotypes and differences. Honestly, most of those ...

The tragic thing about “You People” is that it’s a good idea with a great cast. Late in the film, Amira claims that Shelley sees her like a new toy, and I wish the film had the guts to explore that idea more—how people like Shelley can be fascinated by Black culture but not in a way that ever seeks to understand it. Hill and Barris are constantly throwing in these interesting ideas and skipping away from them to the easy, unfunny joke. Admittedly, the angle here is interesting regarding social commentary in that Shelley plays one of those women who sees Black culture in purely superficial terms. Cut to six months later, when Ezra has decided to marry Amira and so steels himself to ask permission from her parents Akbar ( [Eddie Murphy](/cast-and-crew/eddie-murphy)) and Fatima ( [Nia Long](/cast-and-crew/nia-long)). It’s as if they never listened to any podcasts with racial themes, overwriting the scenes with awkward dialogue that sounds so scripted (when the whole idea is that these podcasts are casual, off-the-cuff conversations).

"You People" relies on cringe-inducing moments as the crux of its comedy, as a Jewish guy and a Black Muslim woman (neither of them particularly observant) ...

Ultimately, though, the performances feel mostly squandered as “You People” yields less than the sum of its parts, not helped by unconvincing plot conveniences down the stretch. Virginia” decision](https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/03/us/interracial-marriage-blake-cec/index.html) and the release of “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner” – or settle for broad sitcom-style gags. That tension was also evident in Barris’ previous series for Netflix, [“#blackAF,”](https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/16/entertainment/blackaf-review/index.html) in which he also starred. There are also pointed observations about race relations even among those who want to be viewed as progressive, such as Shelley treating her future daughter-in-law like a fashionable accessory to be shown off. Yet the story unfolds in fits and starts, jumping forward to get to the most fertile comedic territory while montage-ing its way through the central relationship after its meet-cute origins. A topnotch cast – down to the tiny cameos – can’t fully redeem material that gets lost somewhere between satire and sitcom as assembled by star Jonah Hill and director Kenya Barris.

Even with an indecisive vision, comedy royalty (Jonah Hill! Eddie Murphy! Julia Louis-Dreyfus!) eke out a laugh or two in Kenya Barris's film.

And even with all of the timely jokes about vaccines and Kanye West, the film only manages to rehash old arguments and then throw them away for a sense of family it hasn’t earned — a shoehorned solution that makes the film feel less like a modern take and more like the same old race movie with a new pair of Air Jordans. [Eddie Murphy](https://www.rollingstone.com/feature/eddie-murphy-speaks-the-rolling-stone-interview-111885/) lands plenty of lines that soften the antagonistic aspects of his character, and [Julia Louis-Dreyfus](https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-features/julia-louis-dreyfus-on-post-election-veep-and-why-we-still-love-elaine-benes-194422/) practically steals the entire damn thing as Ezra’s well-intentioned and overbearing Jewish mother Shelley Cohen. Any chemistry the two have in scenes, and there is some chemistry, often wanes under the collective incompatibility of their families. When Ezra accidentally mistakes Amira Mohammed’s ( [Lauren London](https://www.rollingstone.com/t/lauren-london/)) car for his ride share, the two set upon a whirlwind romance full of differences that threaten to tear their relationship apart. The central meet-cute is playful and awkward in a way that veers closer to endearing than cringe-worthy. [You People](https://www.rollingstone.com/tv-movies/tv-movie-news/netlfix-kenya-barris-you-people-trailer-1234641450/), the feature directorial debut of [Kenya Barris](https://www.rollingstone.com/t/kenya-barris/) (black-ish), is the next great romantic comedy.

The Jonah Hill-Eddie Murphy comedy features a Kanye West song and some off-color Holocaust jokes.

As a Jew himself, he said it was also important to him that the film’s depiction of Judaism be “authentic.” [Louis Farrakhan](https://www.jta.org/2018/03/02/united-states/louis-farrakhan-anti-semite-still-relevant), whose antisemitism gets a small acknowledgement, although the wedding at the end of the film is jointly officiated by a cantor and an imam meant to represent the Nation of Islam. “It was important, I think, for us to have that song remain, so that it portrayed the divide that they would have to cross,” Misher said. Detailed discussions of antisemitism, the filmmakers believed, would have distracted from that. But Misher told JTA that he thought the film did an admirable job of portraying a specific “culturally Jewish” Los Angeles family. There are other racially charged moments in the film that may sit uneasily with Jewish viewers. Jewish museum.) He also hired an on-set Jewish cultural consultant from Hebrew Helpers, a nationwide Jewish studies tutoring service. [popular song that includes the N-word in its title](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ubRUS8GupLU) at two different intervals — first as a joke about Hill’s character being unable to say the title, then at the end under a hora — takes on a heightened meaning today. (The film’s premiere on Netflix on Friday coincides with International Holocaust Remembrance Day.) And when they don’t understand each other, they understand that there are, in fact, differences.” “It wasn’t about the artist of the song, it was about the words in the song.” … People grow to understand each other.

Even with a fantastic comedic cast, You People feels more like a series of sketches than an actual film.

But instead, You People is a missed opportunity, a half-assed reinterpretation that is only sporadically funny, and without the heart or the substance that this story would need for it to truly work. At times, it really feels like You People is just Barris throwing out all the scenarios one should expect in this type of film, never quite worrying about how long or how short of a time he spends in these moments, but instead, just focusing on spending any time in them. As it stands, You People is like an amalgamation of sketches with unusual timing, thrown together in an attempt to have some semblance of a coherent narrative. Yet You People lacks any of the insight or cleverness that made black-ish such a gem, instead feeling like a stitched-together collection of scenarios without much in the way of heart or humor. This begins the awkward clashing of worlds between the Cohen and Mohammed family, as Akbar doesn’t think Ezra is good enough for his daughter, while Ezra’s parents Shelley (Louis-Dreyfus) and Arnold (Duchovny) don’t know how to act now that their family is about to become more diverse. For eight seasons, Barris’s show was able to tackle difficult topics like police brutality, the 2016 presidential election, and racism within the span of a little over twenty minutes delicately and with insight.

There is no problem for Julia Dreyfus' Miss Shelley or Eddie Murphy's Akbar in casually letting out a racial slur or an offensive remark about Black or Jewish ...

The finely tuned cultural sensibilities of You People give it flavour, personality, and a much-desired vibrance but the handling of the themes and substance make the overall experience tedious and unsatisfactory. It is not cutting edge and slumbers under the burden of obviousness. There is no ambition to extrapolate the situation of the characters to the larger picture of American society, which as a viewer would have made for a fascinating discussion. It is not a slight on the quality of writing, which is fantastic in individual sequences. There is so much nitpicking and deliberation on the jokes that it makes people fearful of what they say. What makes You People special – its sense of finely tuned cultural nuance – is also what makes it tedious.

From Black-ish creator Kenya Barris, Netflix's Eddie Murphy/Jonah Hill team-up is a dispiriting and dull use of tremendous comedic talent that includes Veep ...

All of this is a shame, because even if the movie is barely directed, it is stacked with comedic legends, some of whom can actually get good laughs out of Hill’s signature mumblecore bullshitting. In this mode, You People comes across as both insincere as a whole, and disingenuous when it comes to Ezra’s character. It’s fun when the actor is a supporting character, less so when he’s one of the protagonists. There can be catharsis in making fun of this in conversation or art, and it can even be a channel for growth and moving past said difficulties — which is where the appeal of a movie like Regardless of how well-meaning a person can be, any challenge to their baseline assumptions about life and the world is going to be uncomfortable and disorienting, and missteps will be made. In a beat that feels fairly true to life, neither of them fully anticipates how weird their respective families will be about their relationship.