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Soapy, entertaining "The Best Man Holiday" is familiar fun
The new comedy "The Best Man Holiday" is part soap opera, part holiday movie and all mostly enjoyable, if not overly familiar, fun. This is also a sequel to the 1999 romantic comedy "The Best Man" and if you enjoyed that film, you should enjoy this one too. When college friends (Taye Diggs, Sanaa Lathan, Terrence Howard, Morris Chestnut, Harold Perrineau, Regina Hall, Melissa De Sousa, Nia Long and Monica Calhoun) reunite after 15 years over the Christmas holidays, they will discover just how easy it is for long-forgotten rivalries and romances to be ignited. Directed and written by Malcolm D. Lee, who wrote and directed the original film, "The Best Man Holiday" is a sentimental, mildly entertaining soap opera as well as a revisionist look at what happens after you leave college. Overlong and lacking the cleverness of Lee's charming 1999 film, it's held together by the talented, engaging cast including the still-handsome Diggs and Chestnut and the always-lovely Lathan and Long, though the pot-smoking Howard has the most fun, stealing every scene he's in. It also has a little something for everyone, throwing in pregnancy, sex and tragic illness to remind us to stay close to our loved ones this holiday season. "The Best Man Holiday" is nothing new yet is enjoyable, predictable entertainment that will have you reaching for tissues by the time it reaches its sentimental finale. Even better is the movie's soundtrack features some classic holiday tunes by such R&B artists as Monica, Mary J. Blige and John Legend.
Wes's Grade: B-
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