Fresh
You leave emotionally exhausted, but there's a lot of care in this movie.
Wesley Morris, Grantland
The Best Man Holiday
Times change. Friendship doesn't.
2013 · 2h 3m · R
Comedy
Directed by
Malcolm D. Lee
Overview
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 and cast
- Malcolm D. Lee Director
- Terrence Howard as Quentin
- Harold Perrineau as Julian Murch
- Morris Chestnut as Lance Sullivan
- Sanaa Lathan as Robyn
- Taye Diggs as Harper Stewart
- Regina Hall as Candace
- Nia Long as Jordan Armstrong
- Monica Calhoun as Mia Morgan
- Melissa De Sousa as Shelby
- John Michael Higgins as Stan
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
70%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The Best Man Holiday is an inelegant movie, but its cast is so damn likable that we're still willing to follow them - even when they're not going anywhere.
Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine/Vulture
Rotten
A movie that does to your emotions exactly what one player does to another on the big Christmas game day: slams them to the ground and stomps them silly.
Geoff Pevere, Globe and Mail
Fresh
Even if some of the crudeness and the drama feel forced, it's hard to hate.
Nicolas Rapold, New York Times
Rotten
"The Best Man Holiday" gives holidays a bad name.
Tom Long, Detroit News
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