Synopsis
When college friends reunite after 15 years over the Christmas holidays, they discover just how easy it is for long-forgotten rivalries and romances to be reignited.
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Cast
- Terrence HowardQuentin
- Harold PerrineauJulian Murch
- Morris ChestnutLance Sullivan
- Sanaa LathanRobyn
- Taye DiggsHarper Stewart
- Regina HallCandace
- Nia LongJordan Armstrong
- Monica CalhounMia Morgan
- Melissa De SousaShelby
- John Michael HigginsStan
Recommendations
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Village Voice
Lee seems less interested in capturing how people of color talk than in capturing how people talk. He coaxes us to step in and listen, and the very casualness of his invitation is the key to the joyousness of The Best Man Holiday, flaws be damned. - 69
Film.com
The Best Man Holiday goes whole hog on the holiday cheese, and there’s something admirable about an adult feature that doesn’t balk at real feelings, especially around the holidays (sex montages notwithstanding). - 67
Entertainment Weekly
The Best Man Holiday is an eggnog that's sticky-sweet and heavy at the same time. - 63
McClatchy-Tribune News Service
An amusing, well-acted and sharply-timed holiday comedy, old friends getting together to prove that careers, families and kids aside, they’ve still got their R-rated edge, just as they did in college. - 60
Time Out
The script’s sporadic silliness makes every plot turn questionable; how the talent deftly negotiates such goofiness makes the film near-impossible to resist. - 60
The Guardian
The Best Man Holiday takes advantage of the actors' pre-existing chemistry to add zing to standard tropes of midlife crisis and melodrama. - 60
The Hollywood Reporter
All of the cast members deliver smooth, capable performances, but this sequel clarifies why Howard has become the biggest star from the original ensemble. (He also gave one of the strongest performances in Lee Daniels’ The Butler this past summer.) - 58
The Playlist
It might be overlong, overstuffed, and occasionally operatic, but that doesn't mean that it can wring the tears out of you.
