Something New

Something New (2006) starring Sanaa Lathan, Simon Baker, Blair Underwood. Young African-American woman Kenya (Lathan) falls reluctantly for white landscaper Brian (Baker). They fall in love, but then decide that their relationship can't work because of the race issue. How they find their way back to one another makes up the plot of this movie. The film pokes fun at both sides of the racial stereotyping question, and eventually transcends it. Lathan and Baker are appealing, but I never quite believed them as a couple. It's a nice fantasy, but seems divorced from reality. The disc has subtitles for the hearing impaired, which is a good thing because it doesn't have closed captions. Grade: B