As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

It's a good bad... and worth a popcorn matinée. While it's easy to lament what could have been...

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

I love this movie. Is this the sexiest all black cast ever, or what?! There's eye candy everywhere for men and for women, and it's all chocolate, yummy! For the women, The Best Man star Taye Diggs (The Wood), Morris Chestnut (Boyz 'N the Hood), Harold Perrineau (The Edge), Terrence Howard (Hustle & Flow), and then some. For the men, The Best Man co-star Nia Long (Big Momma's House), Sanaa Lathan (Love & Basketball), Monica Calhoun (The Players Club), Melissa De Sousa (Miss Congeniality), and Victoria Dillard (Coming to America) and Regina Hall (Scary Movie)(Scary Movie 2)(Scary Movie 3)(Scary Movie 4)(she wasn't in the 5th one though), and then some. I'll leave it up to my sexy ladies to address the gentlemen, and I'll stick to the female eye candy. (Get it? Stick....to the candy.....nevermind.) Let me get laser focused here. I love me some Nia Long. She is so ultra insanely hot, and the sweetest. Nia's the most desirable of all the women. I love Sanaa so much. She's gorgeous and way more interesting than all the other chicks. She's the best actress, including the males. Monica's character's like night and day from her character in The Players Club. She's so sweet in The Best Man. She's so hood in The Players Club. I like this side of Monica times a zillion. I don't know anything about Melissa De Sousa, other that I love her and she's very pretty in The Best Man. Victoria Dillard, Richochet beauty, is almost as hot as Nia! In my eyes she's hotter. I really love her. Dillard is a Spin City beauty as well, one of my favorite shows, and one of the most hilarious shows. Regina Hall, as Candy, is the sweetest treat of all.Enjoy watching The Best Man with your loved one, it's a classic!

THE BEST MAN doesn't try to invent a new concept in comedy, it doesn't attempt to be a 'great movie', it simply entertains on every level as another look at the interpersonal challenges that happen in the heightened atmosphere of a wedding. This time around the cast is African American and for once this is not a Blacksploitational film. Yes there are plenty of in jokes and idiosyncrasies that perhaps not everyone in the audience will 'get', but the story works well and the cast is one of the best collected on film.Four very handsome men - Taye Diggs, Morris Chestnut, Harold Perrineau, and Terrence Howard - are the male side of wedding party, the very beautiful women being Nia Long, Sanaa Lathan, Monica Calhoun and Melissa De Sousa - and these beautiful actors immerse themselves in a story with many twists and lessons and appear to be having the time of their lives doing it. Taye Diggs has the lead and continues to show his growth as an actor. But it is the pleasure of seeing the now famous Terrence Howard in one of his many early roles that makes the film truly worthwhile. Not a great movie, but a film of sound production and some of the most appealing actors around! Grady Harp, January 06

Handsomely produced but ultimately shallow movie that is part of a fast-burgeoning genre: the "buppieploitation" film. Get a handful of the most insanely gorgeous Black actors, set the movie in a popular metropolitan city, add a trendy r&b soundtrack, get plenty of promotion on BET and Vibe magazine, and--voila!--you have a box office hit in your hands. These movies may smartly dodge ghetto stereotypes, but they resort to the same chick flick chiches that you'd find in a, say, Julia Roberts or Meg Ryan film. Taye Diggs is Harper Stewart, a struggling actor who flies to New York to be the best man of his college buddy's wedding and just completed a novel called "Unfinished Business." The book, as well as Harper's shady past, causes all sorts of friction between his friends and his love interest Jordan, played by Nia Long. I'll be a good sport and I won't risk revealing any spoilers, but even if I did, it wouldn't be a big deal. Not only is the plot predictable, but the characters do not possess not an ounce of realness or believability. I don't know what kind of book deal Harper Stewart has, but it must be a lucrative one considering his GQ wardrobe. Nia Long isn't required to do anything more than look pretty and act feisty, while Morris Chestnut remains a promising actor trapped, yet again, in a poorly written role. The only character I liked was Shelby (Melissa De Sousa). The script makes her look like a total drama queen, but if I were always in the company of such shallow status-conscious people like Harper and Jordan, I, too, would be agitated as Shelby was. Don't get me wrong; "The Best Man" is a well-produced movie. But the gloss is there to trick you into thinking that the film is way better than it actually is. The discerning viewer will notice the con job right away.

A friend (Harper) travels to participate as the best man at his friend's wedding. In which he leaves behind his girlfriend (Robin) till the day of the wedding. He publishes a book about his experiences in college and mentions that at one point he slept with the bride to be. Due to an old fling who (Jordan) wanted a preview of the book for her job. She wanted to have sex with him till the day he arrived in town. The groom to be (Lance) thinking no man has ever touched his woman was furious after he got his hands on the book. He beats his boy (Harper) senseless at the bachelor party. Now why didn't he (Lance) ever confronted his fiancee about it? Instead of almost calling off the wedding. This is strictly a drama movie the infidelity,mistrust and the heart-break the downfall of most black relationships. Morris (Lance) played a brilliant dramatic actor thumbs up to that brother.