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Review: The Best Man Holiday

Written by tha - bang from the blog Movies and Things with Thabang on 26 Feb 2014
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It was 1999 when The Best Man first came out. It was smash hit with most of us who were not in their nappies at the time. It was funny, it felt fresh, it was part of the new trend of movies moving away from gangs, hoes and ghettofixation of the African-American experience (of the like of Boyz n the Hood et al). It also had a lot of beautiful people in different shades and hues of black (i.e. eye candy for both the guys and gals).

Now, close to 15 years later we get a sequel,  with all the principle cast returning for a second turn but is it worth it? That is the question.

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Well, if you are looking for laughs, the movie has that in spades, with Terrence Howard's character Quinton getting all the funny retorts in the movie, just like the first. There's even some great physical comedy thrown in the mix , especially from the ladies.

When it comes to laugh-out-loud moments the film has them in spades. There's a lot of drama that's mined from the consequence of the first film - which you don't need to watch 'cause the title sequence reminds you of what happened in it. Pity the drama tends to be very melodramatic at times though.

holiday dinner

Fans of romantic comedies might eat up the melodrama like fodder but it tends to undercut some of the strong dramatic points in the film. Yet the sentiments and values the film espouses around family and friendship make it easy to overlook the melodrama. There are some genuinely touching moments and some cringeworthy melodramatic parts, especially when the guys takes the path the first film covered.

old best man

Although the plot kinda beats the same path as the first movie with tweaks - instead of having a wedding and a secret book, we have a Christmas holiday and a spectre of yet another book in the background this time.

Yet  the movie recognises that time has moved on, there are more sub plots here and not all of them centred round Taye Diggs which is cool 'cause we get more of the delightful ensemble cast who are talented in the own right.

We are also treated to some touching moments that only a returning ensemble cast can pull off. Although the director Malcolm D. Lee could have shaved 30 minutes off the movie, he does he great job of juggling the comedy and drama element.

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So there's a lot of fun to be had in The Best Man Holiday and some tearjerker moments too, a perfect date movie with a lot of positive values being put forward. So go check it out if you want to make the special one feel warm and gooey inside :)

the cast

Rating : ***

*junk **almost bearable ***now we cooking ****almost perfect *****classic

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Trailer Watch

Four Corners: To win you have to kill the king. Four Corners was supposed to be the "Tsotsi" of 2014 but the Oscars did not buy the sales pitch. South Africa's official entry for the Best Foreign Language film is yet another gang story but this time set in a Western Cape prison and uses the feuds between the Numbers gang as the background to this coming-of-age-story. The trailer looks cool and the film hits our circuit 28 March. I have a feeling this is going to be a classic.





Guardians of The Galaxy: It looks like the series Serenity meets Star Wars, talking trees (Vin Diesel), talking Racoons (Bradley Cooper), talking Wrestlers? Yes Batista from WWE Smackdown is in it too people... the kids might enjoy but i shall wait and see but the trailer does not look bad.




8 Comments

Mrs Chix
26 Feb 2014 19:26

Watchin Best man holiday on Saturday. So will read the review after i have watched

tha - bang
26 Feb 2014 20:19

Sweet

DeeNeo
27 Feb 2014 08:13

Somethings never change indeed them brothers still looks yummy

tha - bang
27 Feb 2014 08:21

and the ladies DeeNeo, Nia Long is still a hottie

Ingenuity
27 Feb 2014 14:56

I watched this movie a few weks back, I enjoyed the boy band scene and the part where Morris Chestnu take off his....., let me not spoil it.

tha - bang
27 Feb 2014 15:00

The boy band scene was cool, you could tell they were also having fun

nthabisheng
28 Feb 2014 09:39

I watched the movie b4 valentines day n boy did I enjoy myself this is the best movie

Timone
28 Feb 2014 15:56

LOL! From the pic above it looks like Nia Long's character is still un-attached.  I look forward to watching this, thanks Thabang.


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