Excellent, smart action film.

I have absolutely never seen anything like this movie before. You have to see this movie.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

I really like the part where the girl in the relationship is asked by her brother "Are you sleeping with the enemy"? The "ENEMY"...?!?! You know what...FU** you, the horse you rode in on, and everything about you.Just more mindless, liberal, millennial mush-brained BS

Saw Sanaa Lathan in AVP and basically thought she stole the film from a very talented cast. Could not understand why I had not seen more of her so I googled here and there and tracked down a copy of Something New. First the good news, I was right. The lady is a talented actress, the camera loves her, and she held her own here against a terrible script and terrible direction. The bad news? Reread that last sentence. As a viewer, I was fairly entertained during the first third -- the romantic part -- and then watched in silent horror as the film just starts to unravel as it winds inexorably to the conclusion. As a critic, I could not help but wonder how this interesting premise might have been better handled with the right people behind the camera ... and the typewriter...?

Something New doesn't try as hard to be funny like the other recent Black woman/White guy love story Guess Who. The humor isn't slapstick and both sides are shown respectively. Instead this film devotes to showing realistic challenges of interracial dating experienced on both sides of the color spectrum; however, more so from a professional Black woman in contemporary US society, a rare Hollywood perspective. It includes her frustrations of perceived racism at the work and the "Black tax" Afro-Americans must pay in effort to be as successful as their Caucasians colleagues. I can understand why her love interest wouldn't be able to relate and growing weary of this complaint if she kept bringing it up. I didn't know about the elegant rites-of-passage ceremony (called a cotillion) before this movie and learned more about the history of the Afro-Am version afterwards from a friend.

I have to agree with a previous post. This movie was better than probably 99% of all romantic comedies. It had depth, gave you something to think about and left you with that feel-good feeling. I am a married white woman. I have seen this movie so many times I can't count them. I taped it, rented it, and bought it. It is a refreshing look at two people who are in love. I think it is better than Guess Who's Coming To Dinner because it just seems more honest and real.I've been seeing a lot of Blair Underwood lately, which is great. I wish there were more movies out there with Sanaa Lathan and Simon Baker. They make a terrific couple. I can't see Matthew McConaughey doing nearly as well.I too liked the soundtrack. I didn't know Jill Scott, but now I have one of her CDs. I also am sorry this movie didn't get the proper publicity. I can't understand why. Are they asleep over there in Hollywoodland. They spend so much money on those slash and dash movies. This one deserves more. They are showing it a lot on HBO. Maybe someone of the "powers that be" woke up.