A sequel to a film made in the last century. In fact the last millennium! I have not seen the original film so had rely on the opening titles to fill in the gaps.
The movie finds veteran football player Lance Sullivan (Morris Chestnut) and his wife Mia having a weekend Christmas party with their old friends.
Lance has not got on well with his best friend, Harper Stewart (Taye Diggs) for some years. Harper himself is a star writer on the wane with a pregnant wife after having problems conceiving with his wife, Robin (Sanaa Lathan). Harper hopes to do a biography on Lance despite their testy relationship.
Also in the mix is a reality TV star, an educator and his wife who used to be a stripper, a TV producer and Terrence Howard who is some kind of businessman but acts like an overgrown kid.
The producers have done well getting the original cast together after all these years and Malcolm D Lee writes and directs once again.
This is an ensemble comedy drama as over the course of the weekend frictions emerge. This is followed by bad news as one of them is severely ill which leads to gradual healing of some of the tensions.
There is a good mix of comedy and drama, never feels dull but did feel maybe 10 minutes too long and some of the issues that divided the characters might have been resolved too quickly.
The movie finds veteran football player Lance Sullivan (Morris Chestnut) and his wife Mia having a weekend Christmas party with their old friends.
Lance has not got on well with his best friend, Harper Stewart (Taye Diggs) for some years. Harper himself is a star writer on the wane with a pregnant wife after having problems conceiving with his wife, Robin (Sanaa Lathan). Harper hopes to do a biography on Lance despite their testy relationship.
Also in the mix is a reality TV star, an educator and his wife who used to be a stripper, a TV producer and Terrence Howard who is some kind of businessman but acts like an overgrown kid.
The producers have done well getting the original cast together after all these years and Malcolm D Lee writes and directs once again.
This is an ensemble comedy drama as over the course of the weekend frictions emerge. This is followed by bad news as one of them is severely ill which leads to gradual healing of some of the tensions.
There is a good mix of comedy and drama, never feels dull but did feel maybe 10 minutes too long and some of the issues that divided the characters might have been resolved too quickly.