- Director: Sanaa Hamri
- Cast: Queen Latifah, Leslie Wright, Common, Scott McKnight, Paula Patton, Phylicia Rashad
So Spring is coming to a close and Summer is pretty much here. Oh the love and the romance is definitely in the air? Scott McKnight (Common), a NJ Nets star, runs into Leslie Wright (Queen Latifah), ironically at a gas station in NYC and invites her to his birthday party. There, Leslie's gold-digging God-sister/ friend, Morgan (Paula Patton), bags Scott and becomes engaged until - of course- Scott has a crippling accident on the court, placing his NBA career in a questionable state. Leslie is hired as his personal rehabilitation trainer and you can pretty much guess the rest.
Queen Latifah's radiance and glow graces the screen while a snippet of Common's obvious musical talent woos the audience. I must say their love scene was surprising and comical, considering their characters are not a likely match in a "perfect" world. Whoops! did I just let the cat out the bag? lol. I must say, Paula Patton's character, Morgan played the role of the stunning gold-digger quite well, though the script seems to make her character innocent and gives it a slight slap on the wrist.
Pam Grier plays as Leslie’s mother and Phyicia Rashad plays as Scott’s. The duo played their roles as expected. I personally would have liked to see the former "Foxy Brown" badass and the lovable wife and mother of the Cosby Show, act in more scenes. On the contrary, with the majority of the film focused on just Scott's and Leslie's unlikely companionship, the movie evoked a clear message ..."Beauty is only skin deep."
So on a scale of 1 - 10... I give the movie a 7. The acting was ok. I enjoyed it and who doesn't like The Queen! The film is rated PG and approx. 101 minutes. Go ahead and see it!
I saw the movie the night it came out, on a date.lol. I think it was a good movie. I would say the the roles and Common and Queen Latifa played were somewat typical of them, which in this case isn't really bad. I thought it was crazy how he was initially blinded by the gold digging friend. It shows how it takes the real to be determined. All that Leslie had to do was just be herself in the long run. Even though he was blinded by that bs a few times, Scott many times, did show a great display of how to be a gentleman.
ReplyDeleteThat's interesting you went to see it on a date. lol. Did you guys talk about it after wards? When I discuss the movie with males...they seem to lean along the lines of, "that plot was wack and unrealistic". Even though certain aspects related to this thought may be accurate, there were some things during the movie that was over exaggerated. Then again, it's a movie simply there for our enjoyment! Thanks for commenting!
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