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Something New (2006)

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Average Rating: 6.1/10
Reviews Counted: 105
Fresh: 64 | Rotten: 41

Something New tackles serious questions about race and interracial relationships with genuine appeal and an alluring romance that develops as naturally as the plot.

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Average Rating: 6.5/10
Critic Reviews: 29
Fresh: 22 | Rotten: 7

Something New tackles serious questions about race and interracial relationships with genuine appeal and an alluring romance that develops as naturally as the plot.

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A woman discovers that when it comes to love, sometimes opposites really do attract in this romantic comedy-drama. Kenya (Sanaa Lathan) is a successful African-American lawyer in her mid-thirties whose personal life is not going as well as her career. While she's attractive and intelligent, Kenya has rather high standards and isn't willing to settle for a man who isn't everything she wants. While attending a party, Kenya is introduced to Brian (Simon Baker), a landscape architect who handles the

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Drama, Romance, Comedy

May 16, 2006

$11.4M

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By and large this is a hollow, laugh-free zone paying lip service to the issue in trite, predictable fashion.

November 23, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out
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This is an inept and unsubtle romantic fantasy about how black people and white people don't mix.

February 3, 2006 Full Review Source: Boston Globe
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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.

February 3, 2006 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle
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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.

February 3, 2006 Full Review Source: Seattle Times
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Something New isn't Something Hilarious. But it is sweet enough and provocative enough to make it Hollywood's best date movie this Valentine's Day.

February 3, 2006 Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel
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How many other movies dare to suggest that some white guys have soul, and some black guys are plain vanilla?

February 3, 2006
New York Post
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Interracial romantic dramedy for teens and up.

July 24, 2008 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media

Mixing mirth with more sophisticated moments, this delightful romantic romp ultimately triumphs primarily because of the easy-going screen chemistry generated by Sanaa Lathan and Simon Baker.

April 27, 2007
Bean Soup Times

Mixing mirth with more sophisticated moments, this delightful romantic romp ultimately triumphs primarily because of the easy-going screen chemistry generated by Sanaa Lathan and Simon Baker.

April 27, 2007 Full Review Source: EURWeb
EURWeb

A beguilingly heartfelt, low-key farce.

March 1, 2007 Full Review Source: Film Journal International
Film Journal International

Something New isn't just silly, it's an embarrassment to people who are genuinely trying to level the racial playing field in America today.

November 30, 2006 Full Review Source: Empire Magazine
Empire Magazine

Generally the story swings wildly from preachy to just plain silly. It is truly a story of missed opportunities.

November 28, 2006 Full Review Source: BBC

There's zero chemistry between the leads; for all their passionate declarations of love, you never believe they've even spoken to each other before the cameras start turning over.

November 25, 2006 Full Review Source: Guardian [UK]
Guardian [UK]

Something hackneyed, trite and boring, you mean.

November 24, 2006 Full Review Source: Daily Mirror [UK] | Comment (1)
Daily Mirror [UK]

Anyone who finds something new in Something New is obviously looking a whole lot closer than the movie deserves.

May 25, 2006 Full Review Source: DVD Clinic
DVD Clinic

This 'new romantic comedy' fails on all three counts:It's not all that funny, it's not very romantic, and it's certainly nothing new.

May 12, 2006 Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review
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Audience Reviews for Something New

I was pleasantly surprised at how good this movie actually was. I love Sanaa Lathan and Simon Baker is a really great looking new-comer.
June 25, 2007
gatorgirl13

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I ran across this the other night. When I realized Sanaa Lathan was in it, I stopped right there. Three comments: 1.Believe it or not, that scar the Predator gave her is gone. Plastic surgery perhaps? Kind of disappointing. I loved that scar. At any rate, these days she's given up her space career for the law. Boo, Sanaa, I would never give up being an astronaut for anything, and especially not for a career in law. 2. I am now 100% sure that I'm 100% in love with Sanaa Lathan (technically 25% given that I have to split my love percentage equally among her, Janeane Garofalo, Kate Winslet, and Jessica Alba ). Hey. Wait a second. This is my fairytale, so I say there can be 400% of something. I'm definitely 100% in love with each of the four. Simon Sucking Baker, you are the man! You are one lucky lucky guy, my friend. First she's your blind date -- sorry that didn't go too well -- and then she needs a landscape architect, and you're a landscape architect! What are the chances, dude? Sanaa, if you read this and are interested, please drop me a line on my talk board. I know it says "Make a comment about," but what they really mean is "Make a comment to (and leave your cell number)." 3. This is almost -- almost -- a wee bit too much of a fairytale for me. I don't think I've seen this many rich people together in one place since Titanic -- which was quite a fairytale in and of itself. Still, the love angle is very sweet, and hopefully it will lead to my marrying Ms. Lathan in the very near future. Although I'd rather be married to an astronaut than a lawyer. To make my fairytale come true, I know if Sanaa Lathan really loved me, she'd go back to being an astronaut and make a sequel to AVP: Alien vs. Predator : )
June 15, 2007
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