Something New

(2006)

★ 6.4 IMDb · 265 votes

Genres: Romance, Comedy, Drama

Year: 2006

Runtime: 99 мин

Country: United States of America

Director: Сана Хамри

Cast: Сэна Латан, Саймон Бейкер, Blair Underwood, Wendy Raquel Robinson, Тараджи Хенсон, Golden Brooks, Майк Эппс, Дональд Фэйсон, Элфри Вудард, Эрл Биллингс

Plot

Kenya McQueen 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. But when her ideal man arrives on the scene, Kenya must decide between the relationship everyone expects and the romance no one expected.

Kenya McQueen is a successful African-American CPA, working her way to the top of the corporate ladder -- but her life has become all work and no play. Urged on by her friends to try something new and to let go of her dream of the "ideal black man," she accepts a blind date with an architectural landscaper named Brian, only to cut the date short upon first sight, because Brian is white. The two meet again at a party, and Kenya hires Brian to landscape her new home. Over time, they hit it off, but Kenya's reservations about the acceptance their romance will find among her friends and family threatens everything. An intelligent romantic comedy that chooses to deal with issues of race and perception in a straight-forward way, from a point of view not often seen: that of a successful, upper-class black woman.