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I wasn’t expecting much from the movie White Chicks. In fact, the Wayans brothers make two extraordinarily ugly women, and the commercial left me wondering if I really wanted to see this DVD.

Kevin and Marcus Copeland (Shawn and Marlon Wayans) are two partners working for the FBI, but they just can't seem to get a break. After blowing a major undercover assignment, they find themselves in the deep trouble with their boss. Fortunately, there’s a major case involving two heiresses (Is the similarity to the Hilton sisters a coincidence? Hmmm…) who may be the target of a kidnapping, but nobody on the task force wants to escort them.

Through good fortune (tongue firmly in cheek), the Copelands score the detail in an effort to redeem themselves. Of course this is a slap-stick comedy, and if they were able to deliver the package without incident, it would have been a short film indeed. After a fender-bender leaves the girls unwilling to go to the Hamptons, the Copelands come up with the hair-brained idea to take their places incognito.

I must admit that White Chicks really had some funny stuff—and Marlon Wayans impressed me with his comic timing. Some of the dialogue was bland, but Marlon gave it a sparkle that his brother just didn’t pull off.

I also had to dig deep to believe that the brothers disguised as women would fool anybody, but that’s the beauty of fiction versus reality. Sometimes you just roll with it.

I have to confess that I would have given this movie a C or C+ if it weren’t for two key scenes. Both had to do with bodily functions, so I’m revealing a bit of my demented guy humor, but the scene with Marlon in the bathroom rivals that of Finch in American Pie. And Marlon’s scene in the restaurant reminded me of the family in Eddie Murphy’s The Nutty Professor.

So take note film directors and screenwriters: if you want to score a laugh with me, insert the right amount of fart and poop scenes/jokes, and I’ll bump my grade up by at least half a letter.

Extras on the DVD include commentary, several featurettes, including a few behind-the-scenes shorts, and previews.

GRADE: B (movie) B (DVD)

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