Anytime that you can make a movie where you have grown ass men in the theater crying over certain scenes, you are one helluva storyteller. When I cry, I experience headaches so let me just say that I have a migraine right about now. While leaving the grocery store this morning, radio stations kept talking about the movie and they even played this BEAUTIFUL song by Marsha Ambrosius & Anthony Hamilton that is featured on the soundtrack. So I was well convinced that I needed to see this movie today and put not wait until I had time.
Let me be real: This was the best movie that I’ve seen this year. If you haven’t seen The Best Man which was released several years ago, I suggest that you go see that one first before laying eyes on this sequel, The Best Man Holiday. Otherwise, it’s not gonna make sense to you. I loved that the entire cast was on board for this sequel which consisted of Monica Calhoun, Morris Chestnut, Nia Long, Melissa DeSousa, Taye Diggs, Terrence Howard, Sanaa Lathan, Regina Hall, and Harold Perrineau. The storytelling was consistent and throughout the movie theater, I heard the sound of people breathing heavy because they were crying…including me. Once you go see this movie, you will understand what I mean. No matter how hard you may be, there’s no way that any human being will be able to see this movie and not shed a tear in a couple of the scenes.
Of course, you have some very hilarious scenes in the movie and once again Taye Diggs’ character (Harper) finds himself in hot water again with his best friend Lance, played by Morris Chestnut. I’m not tell you all of the crazy details of the movie but I will say that Quentin (Terrence Howard’s character) has some shocking news that he reveals towards the end of the movie, which makes me believe that there will be a part three. If so, I can’t wait.
I doubt that the movie was meant to be a fable but I really did learn something from it; FORGIVENESS. When you learn how to forgive, it definitely gives the person the opportunity to communicate and work things out with the person that you have a problem with. Not only that, I’ve also learned that we all need to be more compassionate towards others and understand the fact that everyone has a past. We are all imperfect human beings and we have all messed up. But God forgives us and allows us the chance to make better decisions.
*Here’s the remake of Stevie Wonder’s song, As, from Marsha Ambrosius & Anthony Hamilton
Sonica
