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Just Wright

Release Date: May 14, 2010
Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Director: Sanaa Hamri
Screenwriter: Michael Elliot
Starring: Queen Latifah, Common, Paula Patton, Phylicia Rashad, Pam Grier, James Pickens Jr, Mehcad Brooks, Michael Landes, Dwyane Wade, Dwight Howard, Rashard Lewis, Bobby Simmons


Plot Summary: "Just Wright" revolves around a sports trainer (Latifah) who finds herself falling in love with a professional basketball player (Common) while rehabilitating him from a career threatening injury. Things are further complicated because her closest friend (Patton) is also pursuing him.

this might be too.

honestly... just saw the trailer...


we ALL gonna be there


shit is like Brown Sugar 2!


lol

'cause seeing him in celebrity basketball games... he's turrbl (c)Sir Charles. he talks heavy game in his raps too. liar.

lol ComMON.

>'cause seeing him in celebrity basketball games... he's
>turrbl (c)Sir Charles. he talks heavy game in his raps too.
>liar.

He couldn't have meant NBA

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his story is pretty compelling also....

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I shared the same sentiment as your avy after watchin that

*sighs again...*

*sigh*

I guess.

My girl would probably like it.

no disrepect to tyler and his grind, but i just want a little diversity among black movies and not Madea all the time.

you're probably right! LOL...it doesn't have Madea, so it's a different kind of tp movie

And "I'M" a Tyler Perry fan. It SUCKED. This movie was WAAAAAAAAY better.

those cabin scenes in Why Did I Get Married are so bad I thought TP had children running camera, sound, lighting, etc.

cheaper labor...


they work for double layer gum




okay.... don't laugh

>no disrepect to tyler and his grind,

Tyler Perry is a shitty writer and director.

He's a marketing genius, but SHITTY everywhere else. Don't let these fools on here guilt you into giving props where it ain't due.

nm

too!

lolololololol

He had to actually bend over to drop the ball through the hoop

Then he slowly floated down on some Dave Chappelle Prince sketch shit

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i just want to see all the clips with Paula Patton in it. Robin Thicke won the lotto with her fine ass.

this a live action beauty and the beast

i ain't fooled

by Hollywood's white-looking, anorexic view of what beauty is. Yeah Latifah ain't no Paula Patton but why should she have to be? She's not even close to ugly. And she has the body of the average black woman in America.

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"True genius is the person who is most like himself" - Thelonius Monk

that mofo is 38

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yeah, i'm like... nigga... the math don't add up to well on this father/son joint

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I actually think the plot is pretty good for a romantic comedy, but the trailer wasn't too encouraging. But I'm glad Common is finally playing a nice guy. I like to give him the benefit of the doubt and say he's been so crummy in his movie roles because they always have him playing some kind of tough guy, which is a stretch.

true

“Can someone name the last romantic-relationship film in which the leading lady clearly outweighed and could probably pin the leading man in a wrestling match, and probably in less than ten seconds? No criticism or judgment implied here. I’m just asking."

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Shiiiiit, that movie would be over in 5 minutes.

Shit would be done before the credits stopped rollin'

:D

Gilbert Arenas and his baby momma drama, then looked at Grover working and had a Eureka moment

HUGE let-down.

Now THAT would be a twist.

how she gon help her take her man? pressed not to have a villain!

and i'm sorry, but latifah looked wrong as fuck in that bed.

that was the REAL romantic comedy or romantic tragedy. take your pick

<---Man at work

a better lead duo, because I didn't buy Latifah and Common in their roles at all

I didn't buy Latifah in this role because she's simply too charismatic. It looked and felt like she was trying mighty hard to contain the charisma and play the down-on-her-luck, never chosen chick.

And not to say that J-Hud does frumpy better. It's just that we KNOW Latifah. We've seen her through the years, from the All Hail the Queen days to Fresh Prince to Living Single to Chicago and so on. This felt like she was slumming, or stepping in at the last minute because another lead actress dropped out (and yes, I know, this was a Flavor Unit production). Perhaps a younger actress, like J-Hud, or Gabby (cmon) would have better served the fairy tale vibe that the story seemed to be going for...

I also didn't buy Com as a superstar NBA point guard. He's too short (even at that position), and his head seemed too big for his body. And the b-ball sequences in general were laughably unbelievable. He's got nice guy charm, and I would have believed him as a bench player, or as the agent, or even as the coach, but not as The Man on his squad.

So when you have two leads whom you don't buy in their roles, it makes it that much harder to buy their romantic chemistry. On a related note, it shole would have been nice to get a Latifah-Com RAP collabo (not the thing they played at the end credits, with Com rapping and Latifah scatting... shout-out to Latifah and Shakim for putting more than a few Van Hunt songs in the movie, however).

Back to the movie, I actually thought Dwight Howard would have made for a more interesting lead. The scene in which he visits an injured Com (I guess we're to assume that he's still in town because of the All-Star Game) showed that he has some charisma and a nice smile to build upon, should he so desire.

I thought Paula Patton was decent, but her character came off as inconsistent and only did things because the plot required her to do them, especially near the end.

The characters as a whole were bland and the movie felt rushed. The script came off like a standard romantic comedy but it needed to go further. I thought we needed to see Latifah on more dates. We needed Latifah doing her thing at work. I needed to get a better sense of why dudes were picking her over besides she's big and... well, there really wasn't another reason given (and even that wasn't explicitly stated by Laz in the first scene)... I mean, would it have killed Michael Eliot to give her a flaw or two? Maybe she's overly excited by sports. Maybe her thorough knowledge of the Nets intimidates guys. And yeah, you have to address her size, but even still, there should have been something else to make her seem realer.

I'm not a big romantic comedy dude so I wanted to give the movie more slack and hope that it would defy some of the conventions that makes me avoid these movies in the first place. But that didn't happen. Too bad.

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Good!

Latifah and Com had very good chemistry together. They both did a good job acting, and Latifah's acting was great! The movie had a real nice flow and feel to it. Paula Patton did a good job too. Sanaa did a great job of directing. They did a good job of integrating the basketball scenes, as well as a great job of adding the older characters (Phylicia Rashad & Pam Grier) without them being preachy or too "teachy". Nice balance of romance and funny in the movie. I will definitely be seeing it again. I enjoyed the movie alot. Thanks to Flava Unit for bringing us a good quality black romantic comedy. Much respect to Shakeem and Latifah for this one.

Felt so good to see 2 legends of hip hop on the big screen doing it real nice.

The lady behind me that had been quiet for the entire film said, "Oh c'mon that don't even look right!"

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Not so much one liners and talking out loud, but everyone laughing at the kisses, Common's delivery of his lines, etc.

It had a lot of unintentional comedy and that made it an enjoyable movie to watch.

We were like a bad episode of Quantum Leap. When Latifah was walking out of the 76er's complex I was like, "Sam, Ziggy says there is 99.2% chance that Common will be waiting for her, leaning on a car"

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especially romantic comedies. It's a formula, it works, so people keep using it.

d

"True genius is the person who is most like himself" - Thelonius Monk

was so annoying, she brought the most excitement outta me hating her

is he gonna be ok?


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and it was just about worth it.

plot had a lot of potential but comm and latifah were miscasted for their roles. acting wasn't that good, romantic chemistry between latifah and common wasn't believable. shit, patton's character and "scott mcknight" had more chemeistry on film, and she was faking it. the writers should've casted either a taller rapper or shorter leading lady. scott mcknight's supposed to be the best baller in the league. cmon son.

Regardless of what the armchair Siskel and Eberts in here had to say, I thought it was a decent movie. I really think that Queen Latifah was perfect for this role, because it was believable that she would be a Jersey girl(because she is), into sports, and an around-the-way type. I thought Common's character was believable(sp?) because he presented like a nice guy, who would appreciate an around-the-way girl, even though society would expect him to automatically go for the "arm candy". Plus, I think Queen Latifah is beautiful. You don't have to be a size 5 to be beautiful. The shallow pretentiousness of OKplayers is just too much. With that said, I must admit, I seriously thought I was going to have a heart attack when Common was doing sit-ups during one of the physical therapy sessions. This movie to me was like 'The Truth About Cats and Dogs', for Black people. Works for me!

>Regardless of what the armchair Siskel and Eberts in here had
>to say, I thought it was a decent movie.

Substitute "armchair Siskel and Eberts" with "people with their own opinions." I mean, you just typed up 150 words describing why you liked the movie. How are you not an armchair Siskel and Ebert too?


> The shallow
>pretentiousness of OKplayers is just too much.

Right. Becasue only on this site would people find the romantic pairing of Common and Queen Latifah to be dubious.

>This movie to me was like 'The
>Truth About Cats and Dogs', for Black people. Works for me!

I think that statement speaks for itself.

>Substitute "armchair Siskel and Eberts" with "people with
>their own opinions." I mean, you just typed up 150 words
>describing why you liked the movie. How are you not an
>armchair Siskel and Ebert too?

I'm not self-righteous about it. I do not 'carry it' like I'm a professional movie critic, or director/producer assessing a peer's work. OKplayers often approach their so-called "opinions" from that space. Furthermore, I realize that opinions are like a**holes, everybody's got one, but shallow is shallow, and shallowness, and preoccupation with the fake, Hollywood model of beauty comes up over and over here, not because you are OKplayers, per se, but because you buy into that lie. Another example is the scathing indictment launched at Jill Scott for her comments about brothers marrying white women. What did people go for who disapproved of what she was saying? You guessed it, her weight. The same old, she's Black, she'sfat, so she can't have an opinion, or in this case, attract a fine-a** man. FOH.

The rest of this below does not even merit response.
>> The shallow
>>pretentiousness of OKplayers is just too much.
>
>Right. Becasue only on this site would people find the
>romantic pairing of Common and Queen Latifah to be dubious.
>
>>This movie to me was like 'The
>>Truth About Cats and Dogs', for Black people. Works for me!
>
>I think that statement speaks for itself.
>

>I'm not self-righteous about it.

Denigrating people as "arm chair Siskel and Eberts" because they didn't like Just Wright seems a bit self-righteous to me.

>I do not 'carry it' like I'm
>a professional movie critic, or director/producer assessing a
>peer's work.

By "carry it" do you mean speak with confidence using Film Studies 101 terms when critiquing a movie? Cause that's kinda what it sounds like you mean.

> Furthermore, I realize that
>opinions are like a**holes, everybody's got one, but shallow
>is shallow, and shallowness, and preoccupation with the fake,
>Hollywood model of beauty comes up over and over here, not
>because you are OKplayers, per se, but because you buy into
>that lie.

Again. This isn't the only place where the believability of the Common/Latifah pairing was called into question. And it wasn't called into question because people have bought into any lies. It was was called into question because most super eligible bachelors don't end up with heavy-set tom boys.

>Another example is the scathing indictment launched
>at Jill Scott for her comments about brothers marrying white
>women. What did people go for who disapproved of what she was
>saying? You guessed it, her weight. The same old, she's Black,
>she'sfat, so she can't have an opinion, or in this case,
>attract a fine-a** man. FOH.

That has nothing to do with Just Wright. And you're right. People shouldn't have attacked her weight after she said that. They should have attacked the stupidity of her comments.

I feel what is being said here I was actually surpised for some reason to see some of the responses to this movie but I forget the world I'm living in.

But that's part of the lie what you're saying here that she can't get this guy no many guys won't admit they like these type of women because they aren't suppose to. I'm both heavy set and dark skin and I see on a daily the guys who are attacted to me compared to who will actually approach me because I don't fit in the mold of the type of female he's suppose to like. I dont' have a problem with that in terms of how it weeds out the non-sense but it's still sad the mentality people have. Or I've even avoided relationships because I didn't want to deal with the judgement of their friends who didn't think I was good enough to be with their friend or bother in one case so I'd create a reason to get out of the relationship, that was the teen years as an adult I wouldn't dare freak what another person has to say!

Plus Latifah wasn't really all that tom boyish in this film apart from her love of bball she still dressed up and looked like a lady ever in her jeans and jersey. If the story was strickly about Paula Patton's character Morgan and Scott getting together and Morgan had the personality of Leslie, that wouldn't have even been mentioned.

And I mean we even have real life examples, look at when Angie Stone and D'Angelo was together oh that was a no no sexy fit man with an overweight female? Or even Common and Syreena she's not overweight but muscular and you would think she is the ugliest woman on the planet the way people talk about her period let alone her being with Common and that's probably why I loved this movie so much and found Common believable and have wanted to see Lah in a role like this for a minute so I guess it was believable for those of us that live it. And perhaps a nice lil too for others to examine their prejudices with.

Generally, fit, attractive people want to be with other fit, attractive people. Sorry if that's news to you or sounds insensitive, but that shit is just the truth.