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.
Director:
Malcolm D. Lee
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Monica Calhoun | ... | Mia | |
| Morris Chestnut | ... | Lance | |
| Melissa De Sousa | ... | Shelby | |
| Taye Diggs | ... | Harper | |
| Regina Hall | ... | Candace | |
| Terrence Howard | ... | Quentin | |
| Sanaa Lathan | ... | Robyn | |
| Nia Long | ... | Jordan | |
| Harold Perrineau | ... | Julian | |
| Eddie Cibrian | ... | Brian | |
| Riele Downs | ... | Faith | |
| Richie Lawrence | ... | August | |
| Millie Davis | ... | Hope | |
| Linden Liles-McCurdy | ... | L.J. | |
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Isis Moore | ... | Kennedy |
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Mia Sullivan (Monica Calhoun), wife of Lance Sullivan (Morris Chestnut), has written letters requesting that the old gang should join them for Christmas: Harper Stewart (Taye Diggs) and his almost-nine-month-pregnant wife Robyn (Sanaa Lathan), Julian "Murch" Murchison (Harold Perrineau) and wife Candace Sparks (Regina Hall), her best friend Jordan Armstrong (Nia Long) and boyfriend Brian McDonald (Eddie Cibrian), Quentin "Q" Spivey (Terrence Howard), and Shelby Taylor (Melissa De Sousa). All the friends arrive at the house, the first time they've come together in 14 years, and the celebration begins. At dinner, the old friends catch up while tensions grow between Shelby and Candace. Years after his debut novel, Harper is struggling with writer's block, financial difficulties, and pressure from his publisher to come up with newer and better material for his next book. He has also been recently relieved of his faculty position at New York University, further complicating the couple's ...
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$17,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$30,593,000, 17 November 2013, Wide ReleaseGross USA:
$70,525,195Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
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Robyn: What's to know? She's career-obsessed and lives on her BlackBerry.
Candace: True, but she's not some ideal from a piece of fiction. Now, her man, on the other hand, is iconic. Mmm. If I went that way, that's what I'd get. A tall, vanilla swagger latte. I like, I like, I like.
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Written by Isaac Watts (uncredited) and Lowell Mason (uncredited)
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Best Man's Holiday, is a timely-well written and acted movie. It touches on so many social issues people are going through in the now. It is surprising how emotional involved you will be caught up in scenes. It's a roller coaster of highly amusing moments on second, followed by an altar call of your conscience reflecting on unresolved past issues the next. The movie will have you unexpectedly grabbing for popcorn salt covered napkins to use on tear ducts, then laughing so hard followed with, "what if -, thank you, goodness (smirk) ,you have got to be kidding me and oh YES (I know that's right)," moments. And then more need of those crumpled salt and oil napkins you discarded in the empty popcorn bowl.
So warning! Save your eyes, bring tissue and make sure the cell phone is charged. You'll be calling family and friends after seeing this movie. You may end up seeing them sooner than you thought possible or vowed ever to do again.