An average movie

To be honest, I wasn’t really sure what to expect from this flick but, since I have a weak spot for Sanaa Lathan and since it was available on Disney+, I thought I might as well check it out. Well, the intro was really promising. Indeed, I really liked the concept of a black romantic-comedy with a hip-hop background and the whole thing started with an interesting genuine vibe. Unfortunately, it fell apart fairly quickly, I’m afraid. Basically, they followed the same concept used in ‘When Harry Met Sally...’ , in my opinion, easily one of the very best movies in this genre. However, there is something rather annoying and frustrating to see two people who are obviously in love, who obviously should be together, spending almost 2 hrs to figure it out while the viewers knew it from the first 5 mins. In the case of ‘When Harry Met Sally...’, it still worked amazingly because Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal were amazing and because the dialogues were so hilarious. Unfortunately, I’m afraid, with this movie, as soon as Sanaa Lathan’s and Taye Diggs’s characters started to interact, the whole thing felt phony or, at least, like any average romantic-comedy. I’m not sure if it was Lathaan and Diggs who were weak or if it was because they were given some poor dialogues but the end-result was certainly not impressive. I mean, I have to admit it , they were both charismatic but it wasn’t enough and, like I said before, this concept is rather frustrating unless you have some really awesome characters to make it work. At least, it started to work better from the moment they added some supporting characters like Queen Latifah (who was underused here) and Mos Def AKA Yasiin Bey. Especially Mos Def, he turned out to be the wild card here and everything involving him was gold. Anyway, to conclude, in spite of its flaws, it was still a decent watch though and I think it is worth a look, especially if you like the genre. 

6/10