The Best Man Holiday
(2013)Times change, friendship doesn't.
The cast of Malcolm Lee's 1999 comedy The Best Man reunite for a Christmas holidays sequel. With fifteen years, marriages, divorces, kids and careers behind them, the nine college friends come together in the palatial mansion of football star Lance (Morris Chestnut) and rediscover old rivalries and romances.
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Directed by Malcolm D. Lee
Starring Taye Diggs, Nia Long, Morris Chestnut, Monica Calhoun, Terrence Howard, Regina Hall, Melissa De Sousa, Harold Perrineau, Sanaa Lathan, Eddie Cibrian
Written by Malcolm D. Lee
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It's a pleasure to catch up with these characters as they approach the complexities and compromises of middle age with all manner of literal and figurative baggage. Full Review
Compared to Tyler Perry’s superficially similar fare, this is a masterpiece of mood shifts. Full Review
It's a genially soapy time-killer, though Lee's as shameless in invoking cancer as he is about the catfights and smacktalk. Full Review
All in all, this long-delayed sequel is a very mixed bag, with just enough laughter and tears to squeak by as holiday entertainment. Full Review
Even if some of the crudeness and the drama feel forced, it's hard to hate. Full Review
The script's sporadic silliness makes every plot turn questionable; how the talent deftly negotiates such goofiness makes the film near-impossible to resist. Full Review
The cluttered, overlong narrative never really finds its footing. Full Review
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