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The Best Man Holiday

R Released Nov 15, 2013 2h 2m Holiday Comedy Drama List
71% Tomatometer 97 Reviews 83% Popcornmeter 50,000+ Ratings
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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The Best Man Holiday manages honest laughs out of broad humor, and affects convincing drama from a deeply conventional plot.

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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 Full Review 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 Full Review Candice Frederick Reel Talk Online 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 Full Review Don Shanahan Every Movie Has a Lesson 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 Full Review Richard Crouse Richard Crouse 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews

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Miss Tiffany E Theeee best movie! All year around since 2013 Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/14/24 Full Review Aayan R I believe their rating should've been higher. This was an excellent film that succeeded in making you laugh, cry, and was very relatable, allowing one to reflect and see themselves, friends/family through the lense of this film. The actors and actresses did a phenomenal job and the chemistry was undeniable. Grab some popcorn and enjoy, you're in for a treat! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 06/16/24 Full Review Audience Member 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 Full Review Steve D No better or worse than the original. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 10/18/23 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews
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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
Producer
Sean Daniel, Malcolm D. Lee
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
Runtime
2h 2m
Sound Mix
Datasat, Dolby Digital
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