Themes: Schemes and Ruses, Going Undercover, Fish Out of Water
Main Cast: Shawn Wayans, Marlon Wayans, Jaime King, Frankie R. Faison, Lochlyn Munro, John Heard
Release Year: 2004
Country: US
Run Time: 108 minutes
MPAA Rating: PG13
Plot
When brothers and fellow FBI agents Marcus (Marlon Wayans) and Kevin Copeland (Shawn Wayans) accidentally ruin an otherwise painstakingly executed drug bust, getting back into the good graces of their boss becomes a high-priority assignment in itself. With this in mind, Marcus and Kevin take on a case far beneath their usual standards when they agree to escort socialite sisters Brittany (Maitland Ward) and Tiffany Wilton (Anne Dudek) from a private terminal at JFK Airport to their hotel room in the Hamptons. Once there, two considerably higher-ranking agents will take over the girls' protection. The extra security is no mere perk of wealth, however, as it appears that Brittany and Tiffany have been targeted by a serial kidnapper. The FBI hopes to apprehend the perpetrator by using the girls as bait, unbeknownst to them. The plan may have worked if it weren't for Kevin and Marcus, who manage to let the sisters in on the secret. Understandably, neither of them want any part in the process, so they force the brothers to come up with a radical solution: With the help of an FBI lab scientist, the very much African-American Kevin and Marcus will be transformed into two white women who could pass for Brittany and Tiffany. The agents must keep the charade up long enough to lure the kidnapper, but fooling everyone involved will be the job of their lives. Directed by Keenen Ivory Wayans, White Chicks also features James King and Lochlyn Munro. ~ Tracie Cooper, All Movie Guide
Eric Norlin - Art Director, Lisa Beach - Casting, Sarah Katzman - Casting, Ruth E. Carter - Costume Designer, Jori Woodman - Costume Designer, Jim Brebner - First Assistant Director, Keenen Ivory Wayans - Director, Jeff Gourson - Editor, Stuart H. Pappe - Editor, Teddy Castellucci - Composer (Music Score), Lisa Brown - Musical Direction/Supervision, Greg Cannom - Makeup Special Effects, Keith Vanderlaan - Makeup Special Effects, Paul Peters - Production Designer, Steven Bernstein - Cinematographer, Marlon Wayans - Producer, Lee R. Mayes - Producer, Keenen Ivory Wayans - Producer, Shawn Wayans - Producer, Rick Alvarez - Producer, Dominique Fauquet-Lemaitre - Set Designer, Eric Batut - Sound/Sound Designer, Marlon Wayans - Screenwriter, Keenen Ivory Wayans - Screenwriter, Shawn Wayans - Screenwriter, Michael Anthony Snowden - Screenwriter, Xavier Cook - Screenwriter, Andy McElfresh - Screenwriter, Scott A. Hecker - Supervising Sound Editor
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 was very messy when they arrived. He gives the two agents a last chance to remain in the FBI by giving them the duty of protecting the cruise line heiresses Brittany and Tiffany Wilson (Maitland Ward and Anne Dudek) from a kidnapping plot. When the Wilson sisters get facial cuts in a car accident, they refuse to leave the hotel due to their appearance. The agents then disguise themselves as white women in the form of Wilson sister look-alikes in order to save their jobs.
The film received poor reactions from critics, but favorable reactions from audiences. Rotten Tomatoes gives it an aggregate rating of only 15% based on 121 reviews.[1] 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".
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.
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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]
