Synopsis
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.
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Cast
- Sanaa LathanKenya McQueen
- Simon BakerBrian Kelly
- Blair UnderwoodMark Harper
- Wendy Raquel RobinsonCheryl
- Taraji P. HensonNedra
- Golden BrooksSuzette
- Mike EppsWalter
- Donald FaisonNelson McQueen
- Alfre WoodardJoyce McQueen
- Earl BillingsEdmund McQueen
Recommendations
- 88
Chicago Sun-Times
Something New delivers all the usual pleasures of a love story, and something more. The movie respects its subject and characters, and is more complex about race than we could possibly expect. - 75
ReelViews
The film is not riotous, but it is sporadically amusing. - 75
Chicago Tribune
Thanks to Hamri's light touch and the considerable chemistry between Lathan and Baker, it's easy to forgive these missteps--leaving the film plenty of goodwill to spare. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
A keenly observed urban romantic comedy. - 70
Village Voice
Sanaa Hamri's brisk, refreshingly understated romantic comedy Something New is the rare movie that delivers on its title's promise. - 60
Variety
Wispy at best, this romantic comedy from a first-time director and screenwriter feels as if whole chunks have been left on the cutting-room floor, with what remains mustering intermittent charm thanks to the attractiveness, if not chemistry, of Sanaa Lathan and Simon Baker. - 58
The A.V. Club
Something New sets out to dramatize just how little society's attitudes toward interracial relationships have changed over the past few decades, but instead ends up documenting just how little the interracial-romance message movie has evolved since the clumsy days of "Guess Who's Coming To Dinner." - 58
Entertainment Weekly
A shaky piece of work, with stumpy cinematography, choppy edits, speechy dialogue, and loose plotlines. And yet: There's an easygoing authenticity to the depiction of Kenya and her world that coexists with the picture's many weaknesses.
