I love Queen Latifah; I think she is an under used actress. This movie is good for her and Common but the dialog makes it drag way too much. That's the real problem with most of the movies these days, dialog. It's just doesn't sound like the way real people talk to each other. This could have been a really interesting movie if the characters had been drawn better, especially Pam Grier and Phylica Rashad's. Here you have two great talents that are given almost nothing to do or interesting to say. So much more could have been done with both of them. As entertainment goes it's a good popcorn flick, but not worth a ticket at the theater.