The Best Man Holiday (2013)
College friends reunite for Christmas — and Mia has something to tell them.
Fifteen years after The Best Man, Harper, Lance, Mia, and the whole circle gather at Lance and Mia's estate for a Christmas that mixes old scores, new money, faith, and devastating news. Malcolm D. Lee's sequel made audiences laugh in one scene and cry in the next; the original cast's chemistry carries both.
Fourteen years after The Best Man, Malcolm D. Lee brought the entire cast back — no replacements, no shortcuts — and the reunion became the story: these characters had aged, married, stalled, and kept secrets exactly like a real college circle. It opened at number two behind a Thor sequel but with one of the year's best per-screen averages, powered by an audience Hollywood kept underestimating. The film pivots from comedy to genuine heartbreak around Mia's illness, and the cast's performance of 'Can You Stand the Rain' is the scene everyone still talks about.
From the Film
The Facts
- Year
- 2013
- Director
- Malcolm D. Lee
- Runtime
- 123 minutes
- Network / Studio
- theatrical
- Genres
- Comedy, Drama
Cast
| Actor | Role |
|---|---|
| Taye Diggs | Harper Stewart |
| Morris Chestnut | Lance Sullivan |
| Sanaa Lathan | Robyn Stewart |
| Nia Long | Jordan Armstrong |
| Monica Calhoun | Mia Sullivan |
| Terrence Howard | Quentin 'Q' Spivey |
Good to know: It is a sequel to The Best Man (1999) with the original cast reprising their roles, and grossed $72.8 million on a $17 million budget.
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