The Best Man Holiday

...stakes almost everything on its superb ensemble cast, which includes Terrence Howard, Sanaa Lathan, Monica Calhoun, Harold Perrineau, Nia Long, Regina Hall, and Melissa De Sousa.

The actors are winning, especially Taye Diggs as the now-struggling Harper, Regina Hall as the ex-stripper Candace, and the great Morris Chestnut as football star Lance.

It speaks well to the ensemble’s chemistry that the camaraderie and cattiness remain intact and, at its best moments, Holiday has a welcome looseness that feels just like hanging out with old friends again...

...the cast make for winning company...

The actors are comfortable re-inhabiting their roles. They reconnect onscreen in ways that make us feel the passage of time.