It seems quite apt that “The Best Man Holiday,” a film about a
reunion of old friends, feels just like going to an actual
reunion. In ways both bad and good.  A reunion, you see, is only
fun if you went to the school and recognize your friends. It's
certainly not fun if you didn't, but were dragged along anyway.
In that case, you'll likely end up drinking white wine in a
paper cup alone by a wall, watching everyone else get silly.
Likewise, “The Best Man Holiday,” Malcom D. Lee's sequel to his
(much better) 1999 “The Best Man,” will probably be fun and
pleasant for those who saw the first film. Those who didn't may
feel like they've been dragged to someone else's reunion.  And
that's too bad, because the cast, reunited here, is largely
excellent, led by the ever-charismatic Taye Diggs as Harper, an
author with a fatal flaw: he can't seem to stop writing about
his friends and lovers.  It's not the fault of the cast that
these characters seem less fully formed the second time around.
It's the fault of a script