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Actor: Queen Latifah, Common, Pam Grier, Michael Landes, Phylicia Rashad, Paula Patton, Mehcad Brooks, James Pickens Jr, Dwyane Wade, Dwight Howard
Director: Sanaa Hamri
Screenwriter: Michael Elliot
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Release Date: May 14, 2010
MPAA Rating: PG (for some suggestive material and brief language)
Distributor: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Runtime:1 hour 38 minutes
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Movie Plot
Leslie Wright (Queen Latifah) is a straight-shooting physical therapist tired of being a guy's girl. She is living with her childhood best friend, Morgan, who hopes to be an NBA trophy wife. After a Nets basketball game, Leslie helps star player, Scott McKnight (Common) at the gas station. He invites her to his birthday party, where she shows up with Morgan.He meets Morgan and suddenly takes an interest in her. After a quick relationship, Scott and Morgan end up being engaged. At the 2009 NBA All-Star Game (which was filmed at the Izod Center even though the game really took place at the US Airways Center), Scott becomes injured, an injury that could possibly ruin his career. Morgan suggests that he enlist the help of Leslie, since she did not approve of his previous goregous physical therapist, so Leslie moves into their home. Rumors circle that Scott's career would end quickly if he didn't recover by the playoffs, which causes Morgan to leave Scott through a letter. Scott becomes extremely upset, discouraged to continue to recover. Leslie encourages him and helps him get back in the game, the two of them spending a lot of time together. Scott is able to return to the NBA right before the playoffs, winning his first game back. Leslie and Scott decide to spend a romantic evening together, but Leslie wakes up to Morgan at Scott's door hoping to reconcile. Leslie quickly moves out as Scott and Morgan reunite. Because Leslie helped Scott recover in such a short amount of time, many teams offered her the position as a trainer. Most likely to make the Sixers her new team, Scott quickly stops her when he realizes that he's in love with her. They are shown a year later, with the Nets having Leslie as their trainer and she and Scott married. [2]
Movie Synopsis
Just Wright (2010) - Leslie Wright is a straight-shooting physical therapist who gets the gig of a lifetime working with NBA All-Star Scott McKnight. All is going well until Leslie finds herself falling for Scott, forcing her to choose between the gig and the tug-of-war inside her heart. Oblivious to her romantic overtures, McKnight is instead drawn to the affections of Leslie childhood friend Morgan, who has her sights set on being an NBA trophy wife. Is Leslie destined to play the role of "best friend" forever or will Scott finally see that what he always wanted is right in front of him?
Movie Review
To put it simply, “Just Wright” is your basic Cinderella story set against a pro basketball backdrop.
The essential problem with this bland Queen Latifah romantic comedy is that it’s content to keep it simple. There’s nothing in the strictly by-the-numbers plotting, ho-hum pacing or stock characterizations that would allow it to ever truly come to life.
That it squanders a terrific cast in the process — one that also includes Common, Phylicia Rashad and Pam Grier — makes it all the more disappointing.
Being released, curiously, one weekend after a logical Mother’s Day target date, it will have to count on drawing the Tyler Perry crowd, but it unlikely will generate Perry numbers.
Developed expressly for Latifah and her Flavor Unit Entertainment by screenwriter Michael Elliot (“Brown Sugar,” “Like Mike”), “Just Wright” refers to Leslie Wright (Latifah), a physical therapist and die-hard hoops fan who just can’t seem to find her Mr. Right.
We know this because (a) she says so herself; (b) her judgmental mom (Grier) keeps mentioning the fact; (c) so does her shameless gold-digger of a god sister, Morgan (Paula Patton); and (d) we see it for ourselves as another promising date ends with Leslie again being viewed as “best friend” material.
Things look like they might be on the rebound when a chance meeting with NBA All-Star Scott McKnight (Common) scores Leslie an invite to his birthday party, only to see Morgan make the moves on someone else for the trophy-wife kill.
But when a career-threatening knee injury brings Leslie back into the picture as Scott’s in-house therapist, her shot at a happily-ever-after ending suddenly doesn’t seem so remote.
Even an oft-told tale still can feel fresh and engaging, but though director Sanaa Hamri certainly would have seemed to be the right person for the job, given the understated spark she lent 2006’s “Something New,” her pedestrian approach here cries out for a hint of verve.
It’s certainly not to be found in Elliot’s rote script in which every character has been etched in highlighter, leaving it to the actors to do all the detailing.
In the absence of something more inspiring, few play their A-game.
Although Queen Latifah’s spirited charisma usually can be counted upon to boost a mediocre movie, her NBA-loving protagonist with a heart of gold is drearily subdued.
Only recording artist/actor Common, a decidedly uncommon choice for the handsome-prince role, manages to bring something unexpected to the rom-com table, with a committed if overly introspective turn that doesn’t exactly jibe with the other, broader supporting performances.
At least Hamri, who got her start directing music videos, knows from production value and, with the assistance of cinematographer Terry Stacey (“Dear John”), she ensures everything about this intended fairy tale is cast in a feel-good gossamer glow. That’s no mean feat when you’re shooting on a basketball court.
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