SpunkySelfTwitter
It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.
Murphy Howard
I enjoyed watching this film and would recommend other to give it a try , (as I am) but this movie, although enjoyable to watch due to the better than average acting fails to add anything new to its storyline that is all too familiar to these types of movies.
Kirandeep Yoder
The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.
kylemmackey
So many good looking women in this movie. If you are a swirl guy watch it.
pc95
The idea that this movie adds anything original to the dramedy category is misplaced. It's more of a commonplace romance movie, with a little bit of racial relations and tensions thrown to keep it off balance. Unfortunately some of the dialog to try to keep it off-balance as well as situations are not well presented, unrealistic, and distasteful. For instance, when the David character gets belittled in several scenarios during conversations and introductions at the night club or in the back-yard - the script is contradicting it's general edict of "colorblind" love (itself actually a flawed premise). Likewise, some of the Kenya's character's work-place friction are obviously intentionally overblown. (spoiler) Or when David goes about discussing how he's not against talking about race, but retorts "he's black?!" in a heated conversation. There is too much of that contrived dialog. It's phony and not based in reality. Not to say the movie is awful - it's not. It has some good, albeit clichéd, things to say about following your heart, and the lead actress Sanaa Lathan has a great presence on the movie, dwarfing mostly the rest of the cast. Worthy of a look if you like the romantic comedies to judge for yourself. 6/10
reeldramaqueen
I will have to start by saying, I have never been in an interracial relationship but I am not opposed to them. However, I do have friends who have been an IR, so I'm not completely unexperienced with them. That said, some of the things in this film are unbelievable, or maybe its just me. Her girlfriends act as if having sex with a white man was some outlandish thing, like she had had sex with an alien or something. And the whole while I'm going---Jesus, the man is Caucasian, not a martian. I don't know any black women who would be like that, but again, that could be just me. And if it had been the other way around, if the white guy's friends had been like that, wide-eyed and shocked (which probably isn't untrue in actuality) I guarantee that would have been perceived as racist. Rightfully so. I can't say that I rooted for Sanaa Lathan's character either. Don't get me wrong, I think she's a nice actress, but she was irritating in this film, so was her mother. Some of the issues addressed though in the film ring bitterly true, such as how a black woman might feel in white-dominated corporate America and how it might be difficult for her to find a man on her level, or man who truly wants her for her and not her money. All that said, I watched it until the end because I am a fan of Simon Baker. Its overall a good film, but the best IR flick remains "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner."
ladewi
This movie was so wonderfully cute.I found it very real. This film does not preach the "joys" of interracial dating, but gives the watcher the true nature of what dating and finding love should be. It shows how the constraints that family , those around us , society and even ourselves can keep one from from finding happiness.It tells the story of a woman who finally frees herself of those constraints to find true love and happiness. A very good lesson for love and life.One of the best lessons that the protagonist Kenya learns , is that you may get the "Perfect" guy, (as in the Blair Underwood character), but that those ideals of perfection get lost when the feelings JUST AREN'T THERE.This movie is a wonderful story of love, romance, and letting go of certain strong ideals, so one can find everything one ever wanted.
