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People is a 2023 American romantic comedy film directed by Kenya Barris and
co-written by Jonah Hill. Jonah Hill, Lauren London, David Duchovny, Nia Long,
Julia Louis-Dreyfus, and Eddie Murphy star in the film. The plot revolves
around an interracial couple and their families reactions to modern love in the
face of cultural clashes, societal expectations, and generational differences.
Ezra
Cohen, a thirty-five-year-old broker, and podcaster becomes involved with
fashion designer Amira Mohammed in an unlikely relationship. The couple first meets
when Amira, frustrated with her GPS navigation system, parks in front of Ezra's
workplace. Ezra climbs into the car, mistaking Amira for his Uber driver,
causing an awkward incident. Ezra makes amends for his blunder by later taking
her out to lunch, and the two realize they have a mutual attraction despite
their differences, as Ezra is white and Jewish, and Amira is black and Muslim.
Amira
and Ezra eventually move in together, much to her father Akbar's chagrin, who
prefers that his daughter date a Muslim. Ezra takes Amira to meet his family
six months into their relationship. His parents, Shelley and Arnold, explain
awkwardly that they accept and support everyone, including their LGBT daughter
Liza. When Shelley starts talking about the BLM movement, an embarrassed Ezra
walks her out of the room. He tells his mother that he intends to propose to
Amira. Before he can propose, Ezra is persuaded to meet with Amira's parents by
his friend and fellow podcast host Mo. Ezra visits Roscoe's Chicken N Waffles
to speak with Akbar and his wife, Fatima. The meeting does not go well, as
Akbar is suspicious of Ezra, particularly because he is a white man who hosts a
podcast about African-American culture and opposes his desire to marry Amira.
When Amira returns home, she informs Ezra that her mother informed her about
their awkward meeting at Roscoe's. When Ezra begins to pull out a ring box, she
urges him to proceed with the proposal, which he gladly accepts.
Ezra decides to leave
his job at a brokerage firm in order to pursue his true passion, podcasting.
Later, the couple invites both sets of parents over for dinner and to talk
about wedding plans. Unsurprisingly, the dinner goes wrong, with the parents
clashing over Farrahkhan's antisemitic views and Shelley accidentally setting
Akbar's kufi on fire. To help ease tensions, Ezra and Amira schedule mutual
one-on-one time with their future in-laws. Ezra spends the day with Akbar, but
Akbar is constantly undermining Ezra's self-esteem, from criticizing Ezra's
decision to leave finance for podcasting to bringing him to a barbershop where
he fails to follow the dress code. Later, he takes Ezra to a basketball court
in Inglewood, a predominantly Black neighborhood, and encourages him to
participate in a pickup game. Akbar films Ezra with his phone in the hopes of
humiliating him, but to his surprise, Ezra performs admirably in the game.
Meanwhile, Shelley treats Amira to a spa day, but she continues to be clueless,
making Amira uncomfortable, and blind to her own microaggressions.
Ezra and his friends
travel to Las Vegas for his bachelor party, but his excitement is dampened when
Akbar unexpectedly joins the boys. Akbar insists on accompanying the men on
their big night of strip club partying. Later, he takes Ezra to a basketball
court in Inglewood, a predominantly Black neighborhood, and encourages him to
participate in a pickup game. Akbar films Ezra with his phone in the hopes of
humiliating him, but to his surprise, Ezra performs admirably in the game.
Meanwhile, Shelley treats Amira to a spa day, but she continues to be clueless,
making Amira uncomfortable, and blind to her own microaggressions.
Ezra and his friends
travel to Las Vegas for his bachelor party, but his excitement is dampened when
Akbar unexpectedly joins the boys. Akbar insists on accompanying the men on
their big night of strip club partying.Ezra does not participate in the festivities because he is aware that
Akbar is watching him, but his character is called into question again when his
friends loudly reminisce about the obscene acts Ezra previously committed in
Vegas. Shelley and Liza join Amira and her friends at her bachelorette party in
Palm Springs. Shelley inadvertently makes a racist remark during a party game
and accidentally rips off a guest's wig, adding to the night's embarrassment.
At
the rehearsal dinner, both Ezra and Amira speak privately to Akbar and Shelley,
with Ezra questioning Akbar's genuine love for Amira and Amira informing
Shelley about her tone-deaf racial attitudes. Following their mutual
discussions, Ezra and Amira realize that their union faces too many challenges.
They call off their wedding and split up because they don't think they're right
for each other. Three months later, Ezra delivers a poignant soliloquy on his
podcast, arguing that no matter how hard they try, black and white people will
never truly understand the other's experience. Shelley and Akbar both hear his
speech and rethink their actions; Akbar is inspired to contact Shelley. Shelley
and Akbar take Ezra and Amira to a trendy boutique under the guise of a
shopping trip, where they both apologize for their actions. Ezra and Amira
accept their apologies and enter the retail store, which has been set up for
their wedding, complete with friends, family, and a rabbi and imam. Both Ezra
and Amira's families celebrate their marriage.
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