Something New (Widescreen Edition)

Something New (Widescreen Edition)
by Sanaa Hamri

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Actor: Donald Faison, K.C. Clyde, Mike Epps, Sanaa Lathan, Simon Baker
Director: Sanaa Hamri
Brand: Universal
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; Spanish (Original Language); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled)
Format: NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 99 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2006-05-16
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Focus Features

DVD Reviews of Something New (Widescreen Edition)

DVD Review: A Rare Beauty
Summary: 5 Stars

I rarely give movies 5 stars, but this beautiful movie truly deserves five stars. This is an incredible movie and I fell in love with it the firs time I saw it.

Sanaa Lathan stars as the beautiful and remarkably talented Kenya McQueen, a single and successful African American businesswoman. She is organized, stately, polite, and status is important to her, as her strict and disapproving mother taught her. But Kenya's life is turned upside down when she agrees to go on a blind date, urged on by her good friends, and meets the ridiculously sexy, comical, and easy-going white man, Brian Kelly, portrayed beautifully by the hottest man alive, Simon Baker.

It turns out that, when Kenya hires a landscaper to fix her dirty backyard, Brian is that man. He is immediately attracted to her, and his charm, friendliness, and sweet sense of humor leads to a friendship that becomes a close, loving romance. Against her family's word, her society's disapproving eyes, and her friend's warnings, Kenya falls deeply in love with Brian, and he is delighted, as he has always faithfully adored her.

But their relationship falls apart with the opinions of her friends, her upper-class parents, her womanizing brother, and Kenya's own quiet prejudice that she refuses to acknowledge, and soon she leaves Brian and meets up with a mother-approved, black, and wealthy man, and he is perfect- all except for the fact that she feels nothing for him. Distraught, Kenya breaks with him and begins to doubt her actions, but with the kindly and wise advice of her father, who can see that she misses Brian dearly, she returns to Brian.

She earnestly pours her heart to him and says that she loves him, and he easily gives way to Kenya, saying that he never stopped loving her, and the movie ends with their joyful wedding.
This movie goes over some very interesting topics, like class, black and white people dating, prejudice, and the opinions of others when you're in love. I thoroughly enjoyed it, and it touched me very deeply. I loved to see the fond adoration between the two, and the unlikely but beautiful love sprout out.

This is an amazing movie, one that any romance-movie-loving person needs to see in their lifetime. And, of course, anyone who thinks that Simon is the most adorable, cool, sexy man on the planet and loves nothing more than seeing his perfectly chiseled face and his beautiful, tousled blond hair on the big screen.

DVD Review: Unbelieveably slow service
Summary: 1 Stars

I odered four items on the same date, on March 28th, two movies and two soundtracks, from four different sellers. I received the other three items in less than ten days from the order date, with no problems. When I checked on this item, I saw that they predicted they would not ship it before April 30. Today is April 30, I have not yet received it, and I am not impressed with this service. If the item was in inventory, I find it hard to believe that this seller is that much busier than the other three sellers, who managed to send out the item promptly. All items were paid with a credit card, so they werent waiting for payment to clear. I am not a satisfied customer.

DVD Review: Sanaa is FANTASTIC in this movie!!
Summary: 5 Stars

This movie is my favorite of all of Sanaa's movies. Her acting is flawless. She lives & breathes this part, you can see every single emotion on her face and her part is played flawlessly, even down to the tiniest human reaction. If you are a (female) fan (it's more of a chick-flick) of Sanaa, you will absolutely LOVE this movie. Doesn't matter if you're black, white or blue, this story pulls you in until the end and you never tire of watching it. (I wish they would have made a sequel).

DVD Review: IS IT REALLY SOMETHING NEW
Summary: 3 Stars

I remember getting psyched about this movie, a feel good comedy and a sophisticated interracial romance ? too good to be true, and i was very much hoping it would move past the typical stereotypes, and in some ways it did.

Generally i like Sanaa Lathan , and i was hoping this movie would move past the "overworked, undersexed, professional stuck up" black woman stereotype, (the other one is the "loud mouth , oversexed, ghetto hood rat".

well on that note it delivered, kenya is not loveable to say the least, not at first anyway, now she is a seasoned professional, an accountant at a big firm,her life is her work, she has a beautiful home and she is holding her own, so why would she be so rude to Brian on the blind date, based on him being white? i mean even if i was adverse to dating white guys , i would not be rude like that. as usual... the black female does not get to be "fun" or even "tolerant".

her friends are no better, at a valentines day girl get together they lament over the statistics, 42% of black women will never marry, or something to this effect, that being said, they are ALL professionals, a judge, a pediatrician, an accountant, etc. so why in god's name are they so ignorant about her dating Brian.

"he is a white boy" " did you really think it was gonna lead to anything", it was really disheartening to me, it paints black women as being shallow and ignorant on that front.

i would not expect professionals to say things like this. Brian is constantly put to the test by Kenya's friends being called " anight light" and " she is getting her swirl on" to " he is a spy sent her to steal my recipe" haha, funny right, not to me. they also don't explore any apprehension from brian's side of the camp, it's only kenya's pretentious family we get to see in action.

so did i like the movie yes, i felt brian and kenya had great chemistry after she finally let her guard down, i d idnt like how she had to be this hard stuck up bourgeouise type of woman thru the first 2/4s of the movie, i think his acting was great, i like how in the end her family and friends accepted him and she let herself be loved.

DVD Review: 2.5 stars out of 4
Summary: 3 Stars

The Bottom Line:

Something New is well-meaning enough and features some fine acting and sweet moments, but at its core it's an utterly formulaic romance about two people who meet cute, fall in love, are pulled apart by circumstances, and then...well you know the rest.

Description of Something New (Widescreen Edition)

Kenya McQueen (Sanaa Lathan) thought she had it all: a successful career, good friends and family. There was just one thing she didn't have under control: her love life. All that changes when she meets sexy, free-spirited Brian Kelly (Simon Baker). But when her ideal man (Blair Underwood) arrives on the scene, Kenya must decide between the relationship everyone expects and the romance no one expected.

The tricky topic of interracial romance gets a sexy, charming, and unexpectedly realistic treatment in Something New. Kenya (Sanaa Lathan, Out of Time, Alien Vs. Predator), a successful accountant, gets set up on a blind date with Brian (Simon Baker, The Ring Two)--only to discover that he's white, leading her to cut the date short. At a party, Kenya admires the garden and gets introduced to the landscape architect: Brian. Thus begins a bumpy but increasingly sparky relationship, despite opposition from Kenya's friends and family, as well as Kenya and Brian's own internal resistance. Make no mistake, Something New is a mainstream romantic comedy, with ridiculously attractive people grappling with problems that get solved with just a little too much ease--but along the way, Kriss Turner's script, Sanaa Hamri's direction, and Baker's and especially Lathan's performances ground the movie in something resembling the real world. Kenya's and Brian's emotional terrain has a genuine texture to it; the rhythm of the dialogue and the visual pacing allows their characters to breathe and become more genuine and vivid than your standard rom-com lovers. The strong supporting cast--including Alfre Woodard (Crooklyn), Donald Faison (Scrubs), Mike Epps (Next Friday), and Blair Underwood (Full Frontal)--doesn't hurt. But Lathan owns the movie; this actress deserves true stardom. --Bret Fetzer

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