Please don't spend money on this.

Instant Favorite.

The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

Cute movie with excellent principles about love. Queen Latifah's character Leslie Wright is a stunning protagonist in this love story. On the other hand I didn't like the character Morgan Alexander because she was so fake. I somewhat liked Scott McKnight but I didn't like his choice in choosing Morgan. The flow of the movie was really good. I loved especially the scenes where Scott and Leslie are building their relationship until Morgan comes back. I loved all the parents in the movie and wished they all had more lines in the movie. Lastly, I think the movie could go longer and show Leslie's life with Scott. Overall it was a cute movie, but it's not one to purchase and keep.

The main problem with this romance movie was that the 2 leads didn't have a whole lot of chemistry. Sorry, but Queen Latifah is not believable as a 35 year old looking for Mr. Right. First of all, she looks older and is older than 35. Could they have not used her real age? And we all know she isn't looking for a mister. She is best as the best friend in a movie like this. Common, the rapper playing the basketball player, was OK, but is definitely wooden when it comes to acting.The movie plays sort of like a Cinderella story, but I'm afraid it's not going to come true for most. Paula Patton plays the gold digger best friend and is so shallow. They should have used her character more for more laughs.FINAL VERDICT: I'd skip it.

A very good film & excellently nuanced performance by Latifah...You could not actually catch her acting, she was totally authentic in her portrayal while creating relevant "space" for a poignant chemistry with Common's character to blossom...Bravo, the film achieves the light-hearted yet firmly down to earth atmosphere within the framework of its plot & character development that was renowned for many of the old Katherine Hepburn-Spencer Tracy formulaic romantic comedies such as "Woman of the Year." Strong supporting cast performances from Phylicia Rashad, Pam Grier & Paula Patton embellished & more than made up for the seemingly predictable plot which indeed offered moments of subtle surprise. The movie absolutely was successful in eliciting viewer concern for the fate of the relationships for Common & Latifah. Well done, wholesome exploration of how expectations, ambitions & subjective self-judgments impact romantic, familial & professional relationships in today's urban dating arena.

Both Leslie Wright and cousin Morgan Alexander are big Nets fans; however while Leslie is a fan of the team, Morgan is more interested in landing herself a husband and becoming a NBA-wife. When Leslie chances upon a meeting at a gas station with loyal Nets point guard Scott McKnight, she gets an invite to his birthday party and of course Morgan springs into action. Morgan has the looks to capture her man but Leslie appears to have more in common with him. When Scott gets injured, Leslie is employed as live-in physiotherapist supporting his attempts to save his NBA career.I didn't expect Just Wright to be a great film but I was happy to meet it on its own genre ground and play by its rules. The reason for this was my ongoing interest in Common's acting career; this is perhaps founded in bitterness since he has only done one album since he started focusing on the acting (and it was rubbish) – so I'm keen to see the projects that make the loss (IMO) of such a great artist worthwhile. Since he was the leading man here I thought perhaps this would be the one. The problems with it start immediately as the plot is overly messy, getting a lot of establishment done very quickly – meeting Scott, proposing to Morgan, getting injured, getting Leslie into the job; all work done just to get to the "once they spend time together they find one another" part of the film that we all know is coming. This rather serious and rapid stuff gives the first half of the film an overly earnest air that it doesn't warrant, can't carry and never escapes.The second half of the film see the film become about the professional couple of Leslie and Scott and this focuses on them being together and finding a chemistry. It is obvious and a bit cheesy but it is what the whole film should have been like (and the film be only 90 minutes long as well). However this is not to say that this part is particularly good either – the main problem is that the material is not particularly inspired, nor is it particularly charming. It is this second quality that is missing most because this sort of film needs charm to make the formula work. Sadly the material doesn't produce it and the chemistry between the two leads is not all it should be.This is not down to Latifah though, because she works her sparkle for every last drop – she literally gives 100% in every scene and it does show. Common, on the other hand, misjudges his material – partly because he has to deal with more of the "earnest plotting" in the first half. He carries his character too serious and too earnestly to get the mood right. He works "OK" with Latifah but the chemistry just doesn't work as well as it should and it is partly his fault. Patton looks good despite having a terrible character who is all about being a plot device in the weaker first half. Meanwhile the cast is packed with faces from black entertainment (Rashad, Grier) and lots of NBA players showing up – presumably to make the film more marketable thanks to their presence.Just Wright does start to get a bit better in the second half when the messy and serious plot setting is done and Latifah's sheer work-rate starts to win the viewer over, but she cannot do it alone and indeed she doesn't. It is not an awful film but it should have been more formula focused, stayed closely to the genre and have delivered the material to match the effort put in by Latifah. Sadly this is another film that makes Universal Mind Control feel like an even worse album than it was.