Rotten
By and large this is a hollow, laugh-free zone paying lip service to the issue in trite, predictable fashion.
Anna Smith, Time Out
Something New
She had it all under control. Except her heart.
2006 · 1h 39m · PG-13
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Sanaa Hamri
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Something New
Overview
Kenya McQueen thought she had it all: a successful career, good friends and family. There was just one thing she didn't have under control: her love life. All that changes when she meets sexy, free-spirited Brian Kelly. But when her ideal man arrives on the scene, Kenya must decide between the relationship everyone expects and the romance no one expected.
Director and cast
- Sanaa Hamri Director
- Sanaa Lathan as Kenya Denise McQueen
- Simon Baker as Brian Kelly
- Blair Underwood as Mark Harper
- Wendy Raquel Robinson as Cheryl
- Fuzzy Fantabulous as Himself (voice) (as DJ Fuzzy Fantabulous)
- Taraji P. Henson as Nedra
- Golden Brooks as Suzette
- Mike Epps as Walter
- Donald Faison as Nelson McQueen
- Alfre Woodard Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
60%
Tomatometer
Rotten
It's just too bad that this half-realized concept is tethered to an utterly unconvincing, warmed-over interracial romance rooted more in Harlequin fantasy than social realism.
Nathan Rabin, AV Club
Rotten
This is an inept and unsubtle romantic fantasy about how black people and white people don't mix.
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe
Rotten
It sometimes seems at odds with itself, vacillating between a realistic presentation of the obstacles black professional women face finding a suitable mate and another bit of Hollywood fluff where their skin color is glossed over.
Ruthe Stein, San Francisco Chronicle
Rotten
The race card is still in play no matter what the social strata, but the message gets lost in the medium of excessive cuteness and too many contrived disagreements in dialogue.
Ted Fry, Seattle Times
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