The Best Man Holiday (15) 123 mins **
1999’s so-so The Best Man,
directed by Spike Lee’s milder-mannered cousin Malcolm, begat that
turn-of-the-millennium “buppie” (black yuppie) cycle. This tardy festive
reunion is so utterly detached from ground-level realities that it transcends
the aspirational to alight upon semi-alien lifeforms. Can we Brits identify
with Morris Chestnut’s multi-millionaire running back? Emmy-laden TV exec Nia
Long? A passing Real Housewife? All smartphone-reliant farce and slick R ‘n’ B
tunes, it’s a genially soapy timekiller, though Lee’s as shameless in invoking
cancer as he is about the catfights and smacktalk. Quoth said Housewife: “I
didn’t swallow dick for tips, you dirty skank!” And a merry Christmas to you
too, dear.
The Best Man Holiday is in cinemas nationwide.
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