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Something New (2006)
Wonderful!
I would have given it ten if it would have been a little longer. It was son wonderful that it was too short in my book. Firt, the acting was wonderful on everyone's part. Alfred, Donald, and the rest of the supporting cast rocked! And Sanaa is going to be major. She should already be. I've seen be the tough tomboy in Love and Basketball, the vixen adulterer in Out of Time but this soft side to her (even not see in Brown Sugar) is a new element and she did it wonderfully! Simon Baker is amazing and hot.
The chemistry between Sanaa and Simon was off the chain and I wish we could have had a few more risqué scenes because they were smoking hot! As for the material, it was deep without being preachy. I liked how Kenya was the one that had the "proper Euro-American" upbringing. I liked that she loved her job and what she did and not the typical, "I don't want to work in the corporate world" cliché bit. She was frustrated with the way things were going in her life, but not with her career choice. I love how she was nervous about how they would be perceived and Brian was all like chill about it and was like let's just be us. So refreshing to see because that is a reality in my life. My family is pretty successful and proud black folk but we've married into all kinds of families and most of the time it was us who were tripping and not necessarily their white/other mates (should out to my snowflake fams!) It was romantic, funny, and had all the right tones to make the perfect movie. It's been out since Friday and I've already seen it twice. I'm going to see it once more with my family.