"The Best Man Holiday" has the potential to become a staple of Christmas time movie watching. Writer-director Malcolm D. Lee reunites the cast from his 1999 film, "The Best Man," extending their stories and filling in blanks left in the original. This sequel has a richer emotional palette. Lee raises the stakes on characters that fans have cradled to their bosoms, adding a surprising amount of tragedy.
"The Best Man Holiday" has fun with a myriad of topics Lee casually tosses out. There's that extra level of comedy running through the film that made me smile with recognition. Watch how Shelby deals with her daughter, or how the crew reacts to Jordan's new boyfriend, a nice guy played by Eddie Cibrian. Lee tosses out weight issues, stripper stories, kitchen power struggles, bougie antics, and kiddie performances for the grown-ups. It felt like I was home for the holidays.
"The Best Man Holiday" will endear itself to fans of the first film, which you don't have to see before venturing to this one, though it would help. It's incredibly funny but also incredibly sad. The movie is a Master Piece.
Nollywood! and African Film Industry! We can do something like this, Yes We Can, when we stop casting our films based on sentiments and start putting more time into pre production, production and post production. Why are we rushing? Who are we in competition with? What are we trying to prove? That we are filmmakers? Filmmakers that makes crappy films? SAD! We really need to STOP and put our acts together and start following the basic fundamentals of filmmaking and quit making noises and let our products do the shouting. Make you go see "The Best Man Holiday" and judge am yourself! We can do it too.
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