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If you've ever doubted that Queen Latifah is a movie star, watch Just Wright. It's a perfectly capable romantic comedy with some lovely touches and some typical clichés. The plot--physical therapist Leslie Wright (Latifah) becomes the personal therapist to basketball star Scott McKnight (rapper Common) after a devastating injury, and gradually, love blossoms--isn't really the point. What makes the movie work are little moments of pain and pleasure, such as the flicker of betrayal when Leslie watches her mother give a pair of heirloom earrings to Leslie's prettier childhood pal, Morgan (Paula Patton, Precious), or the hesitation, followed by a leap, when Leslie and Scott have their first kiss. Director Sanaa Hamri, who also made the unjustly ignored interracial romance Something New, has an excellent eye for the details of how people interact; she never forgets that people rarely know what they're going to do until they actually do it, so her movies are in a constant state of discovery. She draws a new vulnerability out of Queen Latifah, who usually coasts on a sassy, breezy confidence. Just Wright is about a woman who's quietly endured a thousand indignities and tries not to let her unhappiness show--which is what makes it so engaging.
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SCENE INDEX
1. Chapter 1 [:25]
2. Chapter 2 [2:38]
3. Chapter 3 [2:59]
4. Chapter 4 [5:53]
5. Chapter 5 [3:45]
6. Chapter 6 [2:06]
7. Chapter 7 [3:56]
8. Chapter 8 [4:51]
9. Chapter 9 [5:55]
10. Chapter 10 [4:13]
11. Chapter 11 [5:11]
12. Chapter 12 [2:30]
13. Chapter 13 [4:54]
14. Chapter 14 [3:34]
15. Chapter 15 [3:14]
16. Chapter 16 [4:36]
17. Chapter 17 [:34]
18. Chapter 18 [4:16]
19. Chapter 19 [6:13]
20. Chapter 20 [3:57]
21. Chapter 21 [3:39]
22. Chapter 22 [2:23]
23. Chapter 23 [3:15]
24. Chapter 24 [4:09]
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