Just Wright review

Apparently, pro basketball players are not as shallow as they seem...

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Take a pro basketball player with a career-threatening knee injury and an ugly-duckling nurse and you’ve got the blueprint for a steamroller of sopp that knows no shame.

Queen Latifah’s Leslie Wright – one of those character names that exists only for a corny title – has a chance encounter with Scott McKnight (Common), charm-schooled star of the New Jersey Nets, though their obvious chemistry gets shunted to the sidelines when McKnight claps eyes on Wright’s drop-dead-gorgeous best friend Morgan (Paula Patton).

But guess what? Apparently, true beauty comes from within. Meh.