The Best Man Holiday

The result is a joyous, raucous, righteous film but also a frustrating and disappointing one. Not quite the gift of the season some had hoped for.

Yet for all its tonal missteps and traditional tropes, "The Best Man Holiday" has something rare at its very center - genuine emotion.

Touching, fun, unexpected yet a bit disjointed, The Best Man Holiday will satisfy die-hard fans of the first film and help usher in the holiday movie season.

Earnest performances by Morris Chestnut and Monica Calhoun anchor the film.

The first half is such an agreeably raucous reunion that we hate to see a pesky thing like terminal illness ruin all the fun.

You leave emotionally exhausted, but there's a lot of care in this movie.

The result was an immensely enjoyable comedy that plays as one of the better wedding movies you'll ever see, full of great laughs and plenty of twists and turns.

You'll see everything coming a mile away, you'll feel manipulated but you'll also laugh and maybe even shed a tear.

While The Best Man Holiday is far from flawless, it's a solid and reasonably entertaining effort.

I like being around these characters, and wouldn't mind visiting them again sometime down the line ... It's too bad they exist in a story that lacks the same charisma they have.