The Best Man Holiday (2013)

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

Writers:

Malcolm D. Lee, Malcolm D. Lee (characters)

Stars:

Monica Calhoun, Morris Chestnut, Melissa De Sousa

3 wins & 15 nominations.

Cast

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.
Isis Moore	...	Kennedy

Storyline

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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Plot Keywords:

christmas | written by director | african american | african american protagonist | ultrasound | 

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Taglines:

Times change. Friendship doesn't.

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language, sexual content and brief nudity

Did You Know?

Trivia

Taye Diggs and Sanaa Lathan both starred in Brown Sugar together.

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Goofs

After Melissa's big fight with Candace when Melissa bends down to comfort Kennedy, her daughter, she calls her Mia while looking right at her.

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Quotes

Candace: I'm just saying, Jordan's good people, you should get to know her.
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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Connections

References Million Dollar Baby (2004)

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Soundtracks

Winter Wonderland
Written by Felix Bernard, Richard B. Smith
Performed by Emeli Sandé
Courtesy of Virgin Records, Ltd.
Under license from Universal Music Enterprises

User Reviews

Christmas with friends

Lance and Mia bring together a group of close friends to celebrate Christmas. As it is usual with such gatherings, each group of friends brought along their own emotional baggage and old divisions amongst them resurfaced.

This is an emotional movie. Lance is the central character. He is an enormously successful and wealthy baseball player, yet he is grounded by his love for God and devotion to his family. It is his loyalty to his wife that he will organise the gathering although to him will be particularly challenging.

Such occasions will provide opportunities for people to quarrel, fall out and make up. A shocking revelation will ground everyone. Ultimately, life brings ups and down and in the midst of it all one will need a group of friends that will simply be there. They don't have to do anything as long they are present and available.

Well acted, with poignant conversations this is a movie with which the audience will resonate. It is a shame that the presence of hints and insinuations in the dialogues demonstrate that the obsession with race is still prevalent.

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

15 November 2013 (USA)

Also Known As:

The Best Man 2

Filming Locations:

Pinewood Toronto Studios, Port Lands, Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Box Office

Budget:

$17,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$30,107,555, 17 November 2013

Gross USA:

$70,525,195

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$72,835,710

Company Credits

Production Co:

Universal Pictures, Blackmaled Productions, Sean Daniel Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

123 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS Datasat Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1