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Title: Something New (2006)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Sanaa Lathan | ... | Kenya Denise McQueen | |
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Fuzzy Fantabulous | ... | Self (voice) (as DJ Fuzzy Fantabulous) |
| Katharine Towne | ... | Leah Cahan | |
| Stanley DeSantis | ... | Jack Pino | |
| K.C. Clyde | ... | Waiter | |
| Wendy Raquel Robinson | ... | Cheryl | |
| Golden Brooks | ... | Suzette | |
| Taraji P. Henson | ... | Nedra | |
| Marcus Brown | ... | Rashid Mohammed | |
| Russell Hornsby | ... | Dr. Brockton | |
| Simon Baker | ... | Brian Kelly | |
| Danny Wooten | ... | Starbucks Employee | |
| Mike Epps | ... | Walter | |
| Lee Garlington | ... | Mrs. Cahan | |
| Tonita Castro | ... | Maria | |
Kenya McQueen is a successful African-American CPA, working her way to the top of the corporate ladder -- but her life has become all work and no play. Urged on by her friends to try something new and to let go of her dream of the "ideal black man," she accepts a blind date with an architectural landscaper named Brian, only to cut the date short upon first sight, because Brian is white. The two meet again at a party, and Kenya hires Brian to landscape her new home. Over time, they hit it off, but Kenya's reservations about the acceptance their romance will find among her friends and family threatens everything. An intelligent romantic comedy that chooses to deal with issues of race and perception in a straight-forward way, from a point of view not often seen: that of a successful, upper-class black woman. Written by jennkepka
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This film has some flaws. It has some moments that are just dreadful. It has entire scenes that would get a C- in a screen writing 101 class. Yet it's a wonderful film. Sanaa Lathan gives a superb performance, as does Simon Baker. Wendy Raquel Robinson, Alfrie Woodard, Russell Hornsby, Donald Faison and Blair Underwood are all wonderful, while Golden Brooks will probably (just barely) avoid be indicted for accepting payment for her "perfomance." (Most of the truly dreadful moments in the film involve her, which is odd as she is not at all a bad actress.) While the film has such flaws, it overcomes them with charm and intelligence, and the wonderful on screen pairing of the leads. Okay, so Kenya (Sanaa Lathan's character) gets what she wants far too easily - repeatedly - and so there's a needlessly absurd scene involving a white boy in a Mexican mariachi outfit at a black high society event, which in real life would be humiliating for everybody within six city blocks.
The film has something of value to say about race, about prejudice - black and white - and about following your heart and finding somebody to love. As a white boy married to an incredible black woman, I can tell you that the best twenty bucks I ever spent was in buying this film for my wife. It's brought her such joy and so many hours of happiness (she's incredible, sure, but she's also a major wacko - she'll watch the same film three time in one day for three days running and love it more each time), that I'm thinking of buying another TV/DVD player, just so I can leave this on 24/7 for her.
The point is, rent it, it's just great (except for the dreadful parts).