Something New Page #3

Synopsis: Kenya McQueen is a successful African-American CPA, working her way to the top of the corporate ladder -- but her life has become all work and no play. Urged on by her friends to try something new and to let go of her dream of the "ideal black man," she accepts a blind date with an architectural landscaper named Brian, only to cut the date short upon first sight, because Brian is white. The two meet again at a party, and Kenya hires Brian to landscape her new home. Over time, they hit it off, but Kenya's reservations about the acceptance their romance will find among her friends and family threatens everything. An intelligent romantic comedy that chooses to deal with issues of race and perception in a straight-forward way, from a point of view not often seen: that of a successful, upper-class black woman.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Director(s): Sanaa Hamri
Production: Focus Features
  4 wins & 10 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.8
Metacritic:
64
Rotten Tomatoes:
61%
PG-13
Year:
2006
99 min
$11,425,894
Website
1,157 Views


My specialty.

I'm ready for something

hot and sweet.

You'd like to taste one?

Yes.

No problem.

I call it my wishing

fountain. You like it?

Mrs. Cahan.

Congratulations.

Thank you. And please,

call me Winnie.

You're like practically

part of the family.

Your house is amazing.

And I love the landscaping.

Thank you. Thank you.

I just bought my first house,

and I can't wait to landscape.

Well, congratulations. Then

you must meet our landscaper.

I don't think he'd do a job

as small as mine.

Well, no, we just have to ask him.

Brian, sweetie, could you come here?

You know what?

That's okay, I'm not ready.

No. Brian, this is a very good friend

- Kenya, yes. We met.

Right. I thought

you were an architect.

Landscape architect.

Well, Kenya just bought her first house

and she wants to do some landscaping.

So maybe you could go take a

look at it for her, sweetie.

Or recommend someone

if you're too busy.

Well, I think Kenya is

probably the one who's too busy.

I'm sure she has time. She was

just raving about your work.

Really?

It is nice.

Thank you.

Brian, she needs you.

If you'll excuse me, I have to go

remind my daughter she's still a Cahan.

You look beautiful. Thank you.

Listen, I just have a small backyard

and I don't really have a budget, so...

Well, small is okay.

Business is business.

No pressure, but if

you're ever ready, call me.

Take care.

What are you doing?

You'll have to leave him

in the car. I don't do dogs.

Well, neither do I.

We're just good friends.

I guess I walked

right into that one.

Hi, how are you?

I'm good.

So, you don't do dogs,

huh?

I mean, I can't have dog

hair all over my house.

I hope it's not an imposition.

No, I got it. I got it.

Hear that, Max? She doesn't do dogs.

So you have to wait in the truck. Okay?

I'm sorry.

Skiddley-Max! Go on, Max!

In the truck!

There's a good boy.

He's a good boy.

It's around the back.

Got you.

Listen, thanks for

coming out here...

and not, you know, holding

my rudeness against me.

I appreciate you saying that.

So, what do you think?

Well...

One thing's certain.

You need me.

Now, I'm just gonna

throw around some ideas...

but I saw you checking out

Mrs. Cahan's fountain...

so I figure the focal point

has gotta be a fountain.

Fountain? I love that.

Good.

But, I can't.

The electricity, the cost-

Oh, no, we can make it work.

You gotta have a fountain.

You come home from a hard day's

work. You lay back on your chaise.

You listen to the sounds of

the water, have a glass of wine.

Now, this, are you married

to this? No. Not at all.

All right,

the tub's gone. Path.

And I was thinking we could build

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Kriss Turner

Kriss Turner is an American screenwriter and producer. Turner has written and produced episodes for the television series Sister, Sister, Living Single, The Bernie Mac Show, Cosby, Everybody Hates Chris, Whoopi and Sherri. Turner also the wrote the 2006 feature film Something New. She was featured on CNN's two-night series Black in America, where she discussed the idea of being a single African-American woman who is successful in a male-dominated field. There she speaks about the dualities women face because they are successful and the lack of like-minded African-American men.She was born in Hawaii. more…

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