"Something New" starring Sanaa Lathan
 

I saw the trailer for this on E! last night and I am looking forward to seeing this movie!

Trailer:
http://www.apple.com/trailers/focus_...ngnew/trailer/

Movie Site:
http://www.somethingnewmovie.net/

I wanna see it too. I think Simon Baker is cute.

This looks like a Black romantic comedy I will actually like. I can't wait until Feb. 3!! I really like Golden Brooks and I'm happy to see her more on the big screen.

This looks really good. I can't really think of too many movies that have a Black women with a White love interest...

I saw a preview for this when I went to see Fun with Dick and Jane. It looks good. It looks like "Guess Who" meets "How Stella Got Her Groove Back".

I can't wait to see this movie.

I didn't realize Golden Brooks is a soror.

http://www.netglimse.com/celebs/page...ks/index.shtml

Yeah, that's one I've never heard before.

Other than that goofy movie with Demi Moore's husband. :p Also, the book Fab has two of its AfAm female characters linked with Caucasian men.

Or every other movie starring Halle Berry. :p :p

She is? I went to the site but I still need quadruple confirmation on this one.:eek:

I was getting ready to ask you if this has been confirmed.:)

You know, I saw her in Motives (Shemar Moore/ Vivica Fox) and I didn't think she was too great. Maybe she will do better this time.

Come to think of it, I don't know about Sanaa Lathan, either. I just think she can do better - on and off the screen. ;)

And if not her, Thandie Newton. It seems as though only mixed women are allowed to have white love interests.

^^
And also, I think that the fact that Thandie's not American has a lot to do with the fact that she has "other" love interests in some of her roles. Let me end this hijack.

well, you know....i mean i had to turn down the role due to my hectic work schedule.

:p

I wanna see this too!! Can't wait until Feb. 3!!

I saw the previews for this last night when I went to see Brokeback. I definitely wanna see Something New!

The movie was good. It was kind of slow in the beginning, but it came around. It did bring out major dilemmas we (AF AM female professionals) face personally and professionally.

If you are a true romantic, you may find your eyes becoming a bit teary. :o

The music was the bomb! I was glad to hear Van Hunt. :D

Even if you are not into the IR thing, we should support this film. It is directed by a SISTA, starring a SISTA, and written by a SISTA! That is something that hasn't EVER happened before.

I hope it does well at the box office. Those who seem to always complain about quality films starring US should have already seen the flick by now. ;)

A refreshing film, indeed! ;) :p

i saw this and "annapolis" last night and i enjoyed both.

"something new" was really well-written and entertaining. i was scared that mike epps would make it a little too slapstick but he didn't. i would definitely recommend everyone see this.

Loveded it! :D Wasn't too "over the top" so to speak.

I'm supposed to go see it tonight. I heard great reviews re: movie and soundtrack.:cool:

I saw it last night. I think it was great. Fresh perspective.

I totally agree with your assessment of the film. I liked the angle that they took with professional Black women.

I love Van Hunt! I was singing along when his song came on!

Overall, it was great film, and I really enjoyed it.

just came back from the movie... first, i thought matthew mcconahey (sp?) was playing the lead, which was disapointed when i saw otherwise. what's simon baker ever been in? where would i know him from?

i really thought it would be similar to "deliver us from eva" (which i really wasnt fond of), and it was in the sense that it depicted the "succesful black woman who has it all except love," which lathan's character addresses in the beginning. and that drives me crazy.

however, i thought the movie was decent. addressed important issues, esp. with the hair politics. why blair have to go there like that? :mad: i thought the cotillion scene was silly, but after second thought, i see the meaning behind it.
my biggest gripe with the movie was: i didnt think sanaa lathan's character was really into simon baker's character. even through to the end i didnt feel it. i think baker played it up a LOT better.

i'm wondering why the class issues didnt come up? lathan's character definitely didnt seem like she would date a landscaper, regardless of race. wendy raquel robinson's character says in the beginning she doesnt care what her man does for a living as long as he works, and that's followed through when she gets with the cook guy.

stil, thought it was a good movie.

Simon Baker was on the TV show "The Guardian". It was on CBS a few years ago.

I'll probably see it later this week.:)

Great movie!! This was a really great film. I could relate to Kenya's character in so many ways.

Realistic and great cast all around.

Two thumbs up!
 

Thought it was a great movie and like CT said, I can also relate to Kenya. I think a lot of successful black woman can I identify with her character...especially the list(s) that we make for the IBM.

I think you have convinced me to try and see this. Understand that with DVDs and digital cable, I rarely go to a movie (last one I saw was G back in October).

Re: Two thumbs up!
 

My list is long and well defined, lol. I used to have it written down too after my last break up.

I hope that folks don't think that the movie strictly told us to go find our white man to love. I took from it that love does not always come in the form/package we expect it to. Wendy Raquel Robinson's character found love in a man that she was not expecting to find it in. Our Knight in Shining Armor might wear dentures for his pearly white teeth. ;)


Mike Epps' character gave a very believable and solid performance in his role. :)

Me and my "special" friend were thoroughly impressed with this film. We loved the fact that it showed us as professional people. Usually in movies you got your 'Huxtable' types but then somewhere in their family you see the 'Evans' family though other relative. I know many black families who have generations of college graduates and professionals. I also liked the fact that it didn't dumb down issues of race and class. I also liked too that even though it shows how being the only black in a white firm is toughs, everyone is not out to get you. If you work hard like Kenya did you will be rewarded. If you go in with a defeatest attitude you will be defeated. Learn how to play the game. Good movie. It will be apart of my DVD collection.

Mr Prayerfull and I played hookie from work on Friday and went to see the matinee. We liked this movie a lot.

HOWEVER - I saw Miss Thang Sanaa on 106 & Park and I'm sorry but that girl is pregnant. I don't see how she can keep denying it. Her belly was seriously bulging in that dress. She's either pregnant or eating too much and spreading like terrorism. I understand there's a new article in Essence where she flat out denies being pregnant. Something's wrong.

I really hope she's not pregnant.

I went to see this movie a couple of days ago. I actually liked it. It was more than the wooden formulaic stuff you normally see in the black romantic comedy genre. It dealt with complex issues of race, class and love and how they interplay in a light but muti-dimensional and realistic way--this is truly unusual!

So for the dudes who did see this movie, how can I get my husband to go with me? He HATES chick-flicks. HATES them with a passion... And all my single girlfriends and sorors have already seen the movie. And the married girlfriends and sorors have to bring the kids--which means a G-rated movie to start off with...

i caught it. it was cool, and sanaa looked right. though no woman could EVER get me to rock the mexican get up. hell no, i gotta be fly.

who's the chick that married mike epps?

she's bad.

i'll be her something new, LOL.

Wendy Raquel Robinson. She played Principal Greer on the "Steve Harvey Show".

As a man what I admired about this movie is that Kenya learned to transcend all the stereotypes and false expectations and see the true nature of a relationship: as Mike Epps character rightly says: it about that personal connection, not all the other stuff. This appealed to me. If there is a male stereotype of some women that turns them off is that they will get pegged by a woman into some category based on some superficial characteristic and not give a man a chance to prove what's he's really all about--a good man, if that 's what he truly is. That was the healthy male-friendly aspect of the movie.