Guess Who's Coming To Dinner 1967

I hadn't seen this in probably 20 years and avoided rewatching it because I didn't want to spoil my positive memory of it. Thank goodness that its still a top tier piece of Hollywood cinema that, while considered self-righteous and cutesy in its day, seems morally refreshing and artistically tasteful now. Stanley Kramer's film (masterpiece?) is probably as topical as it ever was but the sincerity and honesty redeems it, totally elevating and separating it from even recent films about racial or interracial themes because its about humanity and erasing ignorant lines of division. The masterstroke is Kramer's directing keeps a tight tension throughout the story but its not a brooding or acerbic film that will spoil your good mood. There may be some humor or stylistic choices that are dated or approach sentimentality, but nothing mawkish. Guess Who serves as a good snapshot of the lighter and more evolved side of cinema and culture at a very trying point in history. The emotional bravery and highly advanced craftsmanship of the film might be lost on young audiences who warmed up to the first biracial president, but today's adults will recognize how far we've come and how much has yet to change. Guess Who is still a bit of a romantic dream, but its also inspired the change that made it less of a fantasy and more a preview or call to peaceful racial harmony in American life.