JUST WRIGHT

Plot:

Leslie Wright (Latifah) is a physical therapist, who is good at her job but has no success when it comes to dating. Leslie is also a die hard New Jersey Nets fan who after one game gets a chance encounter with their star player Scott McKnight (Common) who happens to invite her to his upcoming birthday party. Morgan Alexander (Patton), (Leslie’s god-sister who is a gold digger looking for a NBA star to wife her up) who accompanies her to the party and catches the eye of the basketball star. Things seem to being great for Scott until a career ending knee injury sidelines him and causes Morgan to leave him. The only thing he has going is Leslie who comes on board as his physical therapist and his friend who works to get back into the game, but eventually the two begin to see that they have a lot more in common than just the love of basketball.


Reel Talk:

This is what I call a good ole love story movie, nothing new about the story line, just a new cast of players. The chemistry between Latifah and Common was pretty charming, with the Queen pretty much acting like, pretty much the Queen and Common on a few occasions appeared that he was reading off a cue card or something. The sexy Paula Patton as the gold digging girlfriend was hilarious. Not the greatest movie but a good worthy date movie.

Starring: Queen Latifah, Common, Paula Patton, Pam Grier, Phylicia Rashad and James Pickens Jr.
Directed by: Sanaa Hamri
Rated: PG

I give it 3 and a half eaten corn dogs

By: Corndog – The Reel Hustler