Something New

MPA Rating: for sexual references.

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Featuring	Simon Baker, Sanaa Lathan, Golden Brooks, K.C. Clyde, Mike Epps, Donald Faison, Taraji P. Henson, Blair Underwood, Alfre Woodard
Director	Sanaa Hamri
Producer	Preston L. Holmes, Dwight Williams, Stephanie Allain
Distributor	Focus Features, a subsidiary of Universal Pictures, a division of NBCUniversal/Comcast

“She had it all under control. Except her heart.”

Here’s what the distributor says about their film: “A romantic comedy about finding love where it’s least expected, ‘Something New’ marks the feature directorial debut of Sanaa Hamri. If love is an adventure, it’s one yet to be embarked upon by Kenya Denise McQueen (Sanaa Lathan). A beautiful L.A. career woman, Kenya works as a senior manager at a prestigious accounting firm, and is on the verge of making partner. But she has yet to find her own partner and a fulfilling personal life. It’s not that she’s stopped looking; her (mental) checklist is at the ready.

After another Valentine’s Day spent working late, Kenya agrees to a blind date with Brian Kelly (Simon Baker), a sexy and free-spirited landscape architect who turns out to be not exactly what she’d pictured for herself. Then again, she does need the yard of her new house fixed up… Her girlfriends Cheryl, Suzzette, and Nedra (Wendy Raquel Robinson, Golden Brooks, Taraji P. Henson) are there for her with advice, while Cheryl’s new beau Walter (Mike Epps) shares a male perspective with Brian. Kenya’s socially prominent parents Joyce and Edmond (Alfred Woodard, Earl Billings) and womanizing younger brother Nelson (Donald Faison) also voice their own opinions. But it’s when her perfect match, Mark (Blair Underwood), enters the picture that Kenya is truly thrown into confusion. Ultimately, Kenya has to decide for herself and follow her heart—no matter where it takes her.”

• A scene where they are at a theatrical dance that was more pornographic than artistic. Both the male and female were in flesh-colored underwear, and all of the moves were sensuous and sexual in nature. It was VERY highly offensive and unnecessary!
• A scene where the unmarried couple is being very intimate with each other. Their fornication is presented as an opportunity for them to get to know each other better and explore each other. Though they do not show the actual intercourse, this scene is more sensuous than necessary.
• Various casual comments about sex, masturbation, and sexual organs portrayed what God created as strictly physical indulgence and just “Good old fashioned sex” (as explained by one of the characters.) The attitude is not one that I would want any child that I loved to be exposed to-13 or not!
• A few strategically placed curse words that could arguably be for “realisms” sake, being that the characters are obviously not practicing Christians.
• There is one character who states that she would become a Muslim if the man who wanted her to convert looked good enough, implying that religion/convictions can that easily be abandoned.