... it's one of the few romantic movies that center around an interracial relationship and keeps it real.

| Original Score: B | Sep 12, 2017

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 14, 2007

| Original Score: C | May 7, 2007

Mixing mirth with more sophisticated moments, this delightful romantic romp ultimately triumphs primarily because of the easy-going screen chemistry generated by Sanaa Lathan and Simon Baker.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/4 | Apr 27, 2007

A beguilingly heartfelt, low-key farce.

| Mar 1, 2007

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Feb 3, 2007

Something New isn't just silly, it's an embarrassment to people who are genuinely trying to level the racial playing field in America today.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Nov 30, 2006

Generally the story swings wildly from preachy to just plain silly. It is truly a story of missed opportunities.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 28, 2006

There's zero chemistry between the leads; for all their passionate declarations of love, you never believe they've even spoken to each other before the cameras start turning over.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 25, 2006

Something hackneyed, trite and boring, you mean.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 24, 2006

By and large this is a hollow, laugh-free zone paying lip service to the issue in trite, predictable fashion.

| Nov 23, 2006

Anyone who finds something new in Something New is obviously looking a whole lot closer than the movie deserves.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 25, 2006

This 'new romantic comedy' fails on all three counts:It's not all that funny, it's not very romantic, and it's certainly nothing new.

| Original Score: 2/5 | May 12, 2006

A diamond in the rough.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 22, 2006

Quietly, almost subliminally, Something New is more profound than the overwrought "relevance" of Oscar nominee Crash.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | Feb 17, 2006

I suspect than a lot of audiences will find the serious nature of the subplot to be distracting.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 17, 2006

It's just too bad that this half-realized concept is tethered to an utterly unconvincing, warmed-over interracial romance rooted more in Harlequin fantasy than social realism.

| Original Score: C+ | Feb 16, 2006

Something New, in its endearingly daft third act, manages the neat feat of feeling sweetly inevitable rather than boilerplate predictable.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 11, 2006

An affecting story that dares to dig deeper than the usual romantic comedy fluff.

| Feb 10, 2006

... a nice mix of opposites-attract romanticism with the cultural divide drama.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Feb 8, 2006