The Best Man Holiday Review

Movie: The Best Man Holiday

Release Date: November 2013

Starring: Taye Diggs, Sanaa Lathan, Regina Hall, Terrence Howard, Morris Chestnut, Nia Long


Wooow! This is what the excitement was about? All the tears? The sniffles? Oh Please!

Let’s get in. After 15 years, long-forgotten rivalries and romances reignite when college friends have a Christmas reunion. This is the second installment of the popular film that stars Taye Diggs, Terrence Howard, Harold Perrineau Jr., Morris Chestnut, Monica Calhoun, Sanaa Lathan, Nia Long, Melissa De Sousa and Regina Hall, reprising their roles from the 1999 film along with the supporting cast. The film is surprisingly not as good as I thought it would be reason being some scenes were too drawn out and too dull. I must admit that I have only watched bits and pieces of the first installment, but its sequel has a richer emotional palette than its 1999 predecessor.

Although the opening credits made us aware of what happened the last time we caught up with the best friends and also what is taking place in their lives presently, it still begs the need to have a prior knowledge of each character. Well I was sometimes lost, I don’t know about you. You still do catch up though…but I was still lost

Now on to spirituality, I seriously hated how Lance (Morris Chestnut) spoke so much about Faith and of God miraculous ways and still at every turn there was a curse word. I compared this film to numerous Tyler Perrys’ Madea flicks and no matter how much she or any other character got angry you would never hear a curse word, always some funny made up expression like, “Lil girl, I’ll SHANK you!”

The movie in no way, shape or form moved me (physically or emotionally) …I just DID NOT like it. Don't get me wrong, I threw in a few giggles now and then, but the only best this film got out of me was a 6.9.