Review of The Best Man (1999) by Jon C — 16 Nov 2013

All the actors even the supporting ones carry the film so gracefully.

With a touch of real drama, honest emotion, powerhouse acting, cute hilarity, and hint of religion 'The Best Man' succeeds very well.

The title isn't only applied to the wedding but becoming the actual 'best man' in that Taye Diggs as Harper realizes the harsh error of a big mistake he made in the past to his best friend's finance and make up for it.

And maybe writing a book about it wasn't the best idea to project his perspective on things even with fictional characters.

Malcolm D. Lee as a first time director does a job well-done assembling a huge cast of African American characters that you can really root for.

And almost every subject is touched upon from manhood to marriage to being single to committing sin.

They're not easy subjects to deal with but Diggs, Long, Chestnut, Howard, Lathan, Perrineau Jr. and the rest of the actors take care of the situations as much as possible.

Very good stuff to watch with a bigger crowd.