"Just Wright" is a romantic comedy that was released in 2010. It is rated PG and stars Queen Latifah and Common.
Leslie Wright (Queen Latifah) works as a physical therapist and she is a huge New Jersey Nets basketball fan. She has a god-sister named Morgan who is young, beautiful, and unemployed. Morgan's goal is to marry an NBA player and live the sweet life. Leslie and Morgan go to a Nets game where the star player, Scott McKnight (Common), makes the game winning shot. After the game Morgan goes to a party hoping to meet a player while Leslie goes home. She stops at a gas station and McKnight pulls up. She helps him with the gas lid on his new car and he invites her to his birthday party the next night. She goes and is accompanied by Morgan, who catches McKnight's attention.
Who's a gold digger?
McKnight and Morgan start to date and after time she moves in with him. She shops at the best stores and is treated like royalty. After a whirlwind romance McKnight and Morgan become engaged. At the NBA All-Star game McKnight injures his knee, an injury from which few players have ever recovered. He starts physical therapy at home but after Morgan sees the beautiful therapist she has her fired and hires Leslie to help McKnight. So she moves into his home and starts to work with him. His mother takes a liking to Leslie where she did not care very much for Leslie, sensing that she was a gold digger.
That's cold!
A rumor goes around that if McKnight doesn't recover by the playoffs at the end of the season he would likely be cut from the team. Morgan, not wanting to be tied down with an injured player, writes him a letter, breaking up with him. He gets depressed and stays in his room until Leslie comes in and pours ice water over him. She gets him to see that his kind of talent is not to be wasted. He works very hard and starts to fully recover from his injury. He progresses to the point where he is ready to play. In his first game back he plays hesitantly and doesn't push himself until Leslie comes down to the court for a pep talk. He goes back in and plays like he had never been injured, winning the game. That night he and Leslie spend a romantic evening together. When Leslie goes downstairs Morgan shows up at the door wanting to get back together with McKnight.
The prodigal fiancee' returns
Morgan explains away her leaving and he takes her back with some reservations. Leslie is hurt and leaves. Considering the great job she had done with McKnight, she has been offered several job opportunities with basketball teams as a physical therapist, including one with the Nets. Not wanting to be around McKnight and enduring the emotional pain of seeing him every day, she decides to go to Philadelphia to interview with the 76ers. While she is gone McKnight is being interviewed on a sports show when he realizes that he is in love with Leslie and doesn't want to lose her. He goes to Philadelphia and waits for her as she leaves her interview. He professes his love and she immediately calls the Nets to accept the position they had offered her.
As the movie ends we see that she is now a trainer and she and McKnight have been married for a year. They lose the game but he is still smiling when its over. When she asks why he replies that he is the only player that gets to go home with her.
My Recommendation
This was a fantastic movie and I highly recommend it. My wife is not a sports person at all but she loved the romantic aspect of the film. Queen Latifah is "Just Wright" for this role. She is funny but serious when she needs to be. When it looks like she will become just another "friend" instead of the girlfriend she finally shows her vulnerability.
I think that Common did a great job as well and I expect to see more of him in the future. This was a much better role than the one had in "Date Night" and he was able to show a greater range of acting ability and emotions. He was able to convey that his character was not just some arrogant athlete out to get whatever he wants from anybody he can but actually a deep person with values and a high regard for others.
All in all, this was a great movie with which to curl up on the sofa and enjoy with your significant other.
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