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Something New
Kenya McQueen, a corporate lawyer, finds love in the most unexpected place when she agrees to go on a blind date with Brian Kelly, a sexy and free-spirited landscaper.
Release : | 2006 |
Rating : | 6.6 |
Studio : | Gramercy Pictures, |
Crew : | Production Design, Director of Photography, |
Cast : | Sanaa Lathan Simon Baker Blair Underwood Wendy Raquel Robinson Taraji P. Henson |
Genre : | Drama Comedy Romance |
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The Worst Film Ever
It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.
The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.
If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.
So many good looking women in this movie. If you are a swirl guy watch it.
I saw this movie on cable because I like Sanaa Lathan and I think she's a really good actress. I also Like Simon Baker. I thought he was great in The Guardian and The Mentalist. But this movie was a dumb poorly done story. The characters were stereotypical. The single love seeking Black Women who can't find any decent Black men (tired of that, I have one), the fun-loving, liberal, color-blind white guy (don't know any of those) and the outraged Black parents (please!). 'm just as liberal as everyone else but I just didn't believe any of this. I saw Guess Who's Coming To Dinner (the original) and we all loved it not because of its subject but because it was the first time that a Black man was portrayed as something other than a thug or drug dealer (beside Shaft). In fact most Black women hated the content of the movie but praised Poitier for his performance. And let's face it what self respecting Black woman would choose Simon Baker over Blair Underwood- not me!
Very charming movie. I loved all the "natural" acting talent that each character displayed. As Kenya's father tells her, "The boy isn't a Martian, he's just white." He goes on to bring out the main point of this film which is that we're all mixed up no matter race, color, etc. One of the black male characters even says, "It's not about color, it's about the love connection between a man and a woman." A-men! I adore this film. There should be more like it. Every racial point was hit upon too. In one scene, Brian says, "I just need a night off." Later, he realizes that most blacks don't get a night off, and that he should be there to hear her complaints. What is a soul-mate if we cannot share our woes and joys with him/her?
I will have to start by saying, I have never been in an interracial relationship but I am not opposed to them. However, I do have friends who have been an IR, so I'm not completely unexperienced with them. That said, some of the things in this film are unbelievable, or maybe its just me. Her girlfriends act as if having sex with a white man was some outlandish thing, like she had had sex with an alien or something. And the whole while I'm going---Jesus, the man is Caucasian, not a martian. I don't know any black women who would be like that, but again, that could be just me. And if it had been the other way around, if the white guy's friends had been like that, wide-eyed and shocked (which probably isn't untrue in actuality) I guarantee that would have been perceived as racist. Rightfully so. I can't say that I rooted for Sanaa Lathan's character either. Don't get me wrong, I think she's a nice actress, but she was irritating in this film, so was her mother. Some of the issues addressed though in the film ring bitterly true, such as how a black woman might feel in white-dominated corporate America and how it might be difficult for her to find a man on her level, or man who truly wants her for her and not her money. All that said, I watched it until the end because I am a fan of Simon Baker. Its overall a good film, but the best IR flick remains "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner."