The Best Man Holiday

R

Released Nov 15, 2013

2 hr. 2 min.

Holiday

Comedy

Drama

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71%

97 Reviews

Tomatometer

83%

50,000+ Ratings

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Nearly 15 years after they were last together as a group, college friends Lance (Morris Chestnut), Harper (Taye Diggs), Candace (Regina Hall), Quentin (Terrence Howard), Robyn (Sanaa Lathan), Jordan (Nia Long), Murch (Harold Perrineau), and Mia (Monica Calhoun) finally reunite over the Christmas holidays. Though much has changed in their lives, the friends discover just how easy it is for long-forgotten rivalries and passionate romances to be reignited.

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Critics Consensus

The Best Man Holiday manages honest laughs out of broad humor, and affects convincing drama from a deeply conventional plot.

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It has to be one of the most long awaited sequels in cinema Malcolm D. Lee assembles much of the original cast from Best Mans Wedding from 1999 Nia Long, Taye Diggs, Melissa de Sousa, Regina Hall, Morris Chestnut, Terrence Howard, Sanaa Lathan, Monica Calhoun, and Harold Perrineau This time the story is centered around Christmas with everyone coming back for a reunion Mia has sent invitations to them, Harper is struggling as a successful author so he might be forced to write about his friends to make it big, Julian is having conflicting thoughts considering his wife Cadace's former profession, Jordan has a new boyfriend who always travels, Lance is a successful athlete but his wife Mia is sick, and Shelby is a successful reality tv star with a daughter who can't help but flaunt herself All kinds of shenanigans ensue in the house they're all staying in with big secrets and reveals in the process Quentin is the voice of reason as it turns out pointing out these people have mistakes in their lives A lot of it is predictable, disjointed, and suffers tonal shifts but this has so much heart and give credit to the actors making it stand out They really embrace these characters making it an entertaining watch A very worthy follow-up to the original even 10 years later

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

11/16/23

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Steve D

No better or worse than the original.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

10/18/23

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Rashida Babbs L

Morris Chestnut brings to the surface the children created with other women and how prayer and fasting molded the family in the strength that is displayed Peacock and best Man Chronicles should be made available on Tubi, Pluto TV, FreeVee, Crackle, YouTube.com

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/03/23

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Georgan G

3 & 1/4 stars. Watched it for the gorgeous black actors. Stayed for the good humor & believable relationships.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

06/22/23

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Nothing like the 1st movie… This movie is so depressing. I was so excited to watch it thinking I was going to laugh like I did with the first one, and I ended up depressing as hell.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

06/09/23

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Angela C

Friendship is hard and marriage and parenthood are harder. This movie shows a group of friends navigating all that mostly not so well but in the end they are closer than ever. Uplifting and engaging.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

04/29/23

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Malcolm D. Lee

Director

Morris Chestnut

Lance Sullivan

Taye Diggs

Harper Stewart

Regina Hall

Candy

Terrence Howard

Quentin

Sanaa Lathan

Robyn

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Betsy Sharkey

Los Angeles Times

The result is a joyous, raucous, righteous film but also a frustrating and disappointing one. Not quite the gift of the season some had hoped for.

Nov 5, 2019

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Kate Erbland

MTV

Yet for all its tonal missteps and traditional tropes, "The Best Man Holiday" has something rare at its very center - genuine emotion.

Rated: 6.9/10

Nov 5, 2019

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Candice Frederick

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Touching, fun, unexpected yet a bit disjointed, The Best Man Holiday will satisfy die-hard fans of the first film and help usher in the holiday movie season.

Rated: B

Sep 6, 2017

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Don Shanahan

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The result was an immensely enjoyable comedy that plays as one of the better wedding movies you'll ever see, full of great laughs and plenty of twists and turns.

Rated: 4/5

Feb 16, 2024

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Richard Crouse

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You'll see everything coming a mile away, you'll feel manipulated but you'll also laugh and maybe even shed a tear.

Rated: 2.5/5

Feb 1, 2021

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

While The Best Man Holiday is far from flawless, it's a solid and reasonably entertaining effort.

Rated: 2.5/4.0

Sep 2, 2020

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Synopsis

Nearly 15 years after they were last together as a group, college friends Lance (Morris Chestnut), Harper (Taye Diggs), Candace (Regina Hall), Quentin (Terrence Howard), Robyn (Sanaa Lathan), Jordan (Nia Long), Murch (Harold Perrineau), and Mia (Monica Calhoun) finally reunite over the Christmas holidays. Though much has changed in their lives, the friends discover just how easy it is for long-forgotten rivalries and passionate romances to be reignited.

Director: Malcolm D. Lee
Executive Producer: Preston L. Holmes
Screenwriter: Malcolm D. Lee
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Blackmaled, Sean Daniel Company
Rating: R (Language|Brief Nudity|Sexual Content)
Genre: Holiday, Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 15, 2013, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 28, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $70.5M
Sound Mix: Datasat, Dolby Digital

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