Rating: PG13
Genre:
Comedy Drama
Theatrical Release: 02/03/2006(USA)
Release Date: 05/16/2006
SubTitles: English/Espanol/French
Dubbed: English
Sound: DD5.1
Run Time: 100 Minutes
Flags: Adult Situations, Adult Language, Adult Humor, Sexual Situations
Distributor/Studio: MCA Home Video
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 gardening at her host's mansion.
Brian is immediately and obviously attracted to
Kenya, through she doesn't feel the same way at all. However, she likes his work and hires him to refurbish her garden; before long, he asks her out on a date, and against her better judgment she accepts. While
Kenya and
Brian have little in common, in time they hit it off, and a romance begins to blossom between them. However,
Brian happens to be white, which ruffles some feathers among
Kenya's friends and family, who try to find her a more suitable, African-American suitor. Also starring
Mike Epps,
Donald Faison,
Blair Underwood, and
Alfre Woodard,
Something New was the first feature film for director
Sanaa Hamri, who previously established herself by directing music videos.
~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
