The Best Man
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Actor: Doug Banks, Jarrod Bunch, Monica Calhoun, Morris Chestnut, Willie C. CarpenterBrand: NBC Universal
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 120 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2000-02-29
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Universal Studios
Movie Reviews of The Best Man
Movie Review: Brilliant!
Summary: 5 Stars
This fantastic effort follows the story of 4 friends and their significant others. The story revolves around the marriage of Lance Sullivan (Morris Chestnut), a talented and arrogant American football player, to shy Mia Morgan (Monica Calhoun). Cue Taye Diggs who plays Harper Stewart, the perfectionist author who is Lance's best man. All the college friends such as work-mad Jordan Armstrong (Nia Long), the sly and lascivious Q (Terrence Howard) and the ever-worrying Julian Murch (Harold Perrineau Jr) are invited to the wedding preparations but fireworks erupt when Harper Stewart's semi-autobiograhical book goes missing and lands in the hands of his friends, especially Lance. One can only guess what happens from this point! This film is brilliant in entertaining the viewer with the varied and colourful characters, making you laugh yet causing anticipation to fill you as the end of the story nears.
For me, the acting was great from Morris Chestnut to Taye Diggs but special mention should go to Terrence Howard for his sly yet brutally honest portrayal of the womaniser but loyal friend, Quintin.
But the DVD! Good special features but the subtitles - why do distributors persist to omit French and Spanish? DVD distributors must realise that there are other languages that they must include in order for everyone to enjoy films.
Summary of The Best Man
Harper Stewart (Taye Diggs) is a commitment-shy writer and the best man at the wedding of Lance (Morris Chestnut) and Mia (Monica Calhoun). Unfortunately for Harper, the timing couldn't be worse. His new book is coming out and it chronicles his college life with his friends in a less that perfect light. The wedding party reunites college buddies Quentin (Terrence Howard), Mirch (Harold Perrineau) and love interest Jordan (Nia Long). As the celebration weekend nears, scandalous secrets begin to reveal themselves...for better or for worse. Starring: Taye Diggs, Terrence Howard, Nia Long, Morris Chestnut, Harold Perrineau, Sanaa Lathan, Monica Calhoun, Melissa De Sousa Directed by: Malcolm D. LeeA glossy romantic comedy, The Best Man centers on four college friends and the women in their lives, all brought back together for a wedding. Taye Diggs (How Stella Got Her Groove Back) plays the title character, a young writer whose first novel is a barely fictionalized account of his college days, featuring barely fictionalized versions of all his friends. This novel hasn't yet been released, but ambitious TV producer Nia Long (Soul Food) has snagged an advance copy in the hopes of getting an early interview with Diggs. Unfortunately, when this advance copy begins circulating among the college gang, they discover it reveals some secrets that may have a disastrous effect on the wedding. The Best Man features a handsome, charming cast and a propulsive story, but the female characters are poorly developed and the male banter is, to say the least, chauvinistic. This banter is mostly to comic effect, but by the end it still leaves a sour taste that the movie's happy ending doesn't counter. With a particularly strong performance by Terrence Howard as an aimless but relentlessly honest member of the college quartet. --Bret Fetzer
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