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Spoil me this: A kissy question


In this movie, do Queen Latifah and Steve Martin kiss?

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No, they never kiss.

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Crap, man. Why can't the movie end with Steve Martin living "happily ever after" with Queen Latifah, while Eugene Levy ends with whatsherface exwife character.

This stinx of "anti interracial"

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No, ysee, that's perfectly alright. The fact that he's twice her age and DIDN'T hook up with her shows that everybody involved in making this movie is a big ol' racist.

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Well I don't know about that, because Queen was involved in making the movie also. And what was wrong with him getting back together with his wife? They have kids together, its nothing wrong with that. In fact I don't think they were being racist at all.

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Sarcasm, amigo, sarcasm. I was zinging these thinly-veiled debates over interracial kissing.

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You have got to be kidding, right? What about Gwenyth Paltrow and Michael Douglas? Or Anne Heche and Harrison Ford? Or Katherine Hepburn and Spencer Tracey? Or Lauren Bacall and Humphrey Bogart? And so on and so on.....?

Latifah's character ended up with Eugene Levy's character.

Eugene Levy is also 57.

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anti-interracial? Is Eugene Levy black? I think he and QL kissed.

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That would have been a better (if more unsettling) ending. Hollywood's not big on alienating any movie-goers who would find that offensive. Surprisingly that's the only problem Roger Ebert had with the movie too. He agrees with you that they should have gotten together in the end.

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*****SPOILER***** The whole thing that you guys are missing is that Queen Latifah's Character only wanted to meet a lawyer because she wanted to get out of a mess that her boyfriend framed her with. It's not about love between Steve Martin and Queen Latifah's characters. Actually Queen Latifah want's to help Steve's character get back with his Ex-wife, Jean Smart's Character. And you guys are also missing the point that it doesn't matter how old you are or what race you were born with.

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i agree! but then again, i haven't seen it. i probably would see it and know what i really have to say. oh well. cheers.

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No, you're missing the point. It *was* about love between those two charachters. They talked about law but also other things. He was completely expecting to have a romantic date, not just more legal talk. He changed his mind when he took a look at her, not when she started talking about her case. Jean Smart's character was completely unnecessary.

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