Something New (2006)
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.
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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Cast
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Sanaa Lathan
Kenya Denise McQueen -
Simon Baker
Brian Kelly -
Mike Epps
Walter -
Donald Faison
Nelson McQueen -
Blair Underwood
Mark Harper -
Wendy Raquel Robinson
Cheryl -
Alfre Woodard
Joyce McQueen -
DJ Fuzzy Fantabulous
Himself -
Katharine Towne
Cahan Leah -
Stanley de Santis
Jack Pino -
K.C. Clyde
Waiter -
Golden Brooks
Suzzette -
Taraji P. Henson
Nedra -
Marcus Lyle Brown
Rashid Mohammed -
Russell Hornsby
Doctor Brockton -
Daniel B. Wooten
Starbucks Employee -
Lee Garlington
Mrs. Cahan -
Tonita Castro
Maria -
Matt Malloy
Edwin -
David Monahan
Bill Lebree -
Gabriel Tigerman
Darren -
Tanisha Harper
Stacy -
Earl Billings
Edmond McQueen -
Michelle Griffin
Kiki -
Tanya Wideman-Davis
Rocklin Thompson -
Sommore
Sommore -
Eric Ekholm
Paul -
Henry Simmons
Kyle -
Kimberly Barnett
Luna -
Deya Marshea Smith
Real Estate Agent -
Julie Mond
Penelope -
Rose Rollins
Lauren -
Rick Fitts
Emcee -
Raina Lewis
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All Critics (109) | Top Critics (29) | Fresh (66) | Rotten (44) | DVD (12)
By and large this is a hollow, laugh-free zone paying lip service to the issue in trite, predictable fashion.
Top CriticThis is an inept and unsubtle romantic fantasy about how black people and white people don't mix.
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.
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.
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.
How many other movies dare to suggest that some white guys have soul, and some black guys are plain vanilla?
Interracial romantic dramedy for teens and up.
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.
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.
A beguilingly heartfelt, low-key farce.
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.
Generally the story swings wildly from preachy to just plain silly. It is truly a story of missed opportunities.
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.
Something hackneyed, trite and boring, you mean.
Anyone who finds something new in Something New is obviously looking a whole lot closer than the movie deserves.
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.
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