The Best Man - Wedding with Obstacles

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Movie
German title The Best Man - Wedding with Obstacles
Original title The best man
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 1999
length 115 minutes
Age rating FSK 12
Rod
Director Malcolm D. Lee
script Malcolm D. Lee
production Bill Carraro ,
Sam Kitt ,
Spike Lee
music Stanley Clarke
camera Frank Prinzi
cut Cara Silverman
occupation

The Best Man (Original title: The Best Man ) is an American comedy film from 1999 . It was directed by Malcolm D. Lee , who also wrote the script. In 2013, The Best Man Holiday was a sequel.

action

Debuting writer Harper Stewart, whose novel Unfinished Business is due to be published shortly, lives in Chicago . Stewart travels to New York City , where his friend Lance Sullivan is supposed to marry. There he also meets his old college friends. Stewart's current girlfriend, Robin, wants to be late for the wedding.

A college friend of Stewart and Sullivan's, Jordan Armstrong, gets her hands on an advance copy of the unpublished novel and tries to get an exclusive interview for publication. She recognizes real people in it, namely herself, Stewart, Sullivan and his fiancée Mia. As soon as Sullivan learns that his fiancée Mia and his best friend Harper Stewart had an affair during college, he goes mad and beats Stewart on the bachelorette party. He wants to throw Stewart off a high-rise; the guests at the bachelorette party have a hard time dissuading Sullivan. Then Sullivan announces that the wedding is over. After these events, Stewart goes to Jordan Armstrong for a lunchtime, which never happened in college, but the two argue.

Robin who has arrived feels betrayed when she learns of the planned romp and wants to return immediately. She demands that Stewart get Sullivan to get married after all. He appears in the church for the wedding date, but only wants to announce his decision personally. Stewart asks the religious friend to pray with him. Sullivan first cites a passage in the Bible that forbids adultery. Later he was persuaded to marry and said in a self-formulated oath that the last few events had made him a better person .

At the wedding reception, Robin tries to get hold of the bouquet that Mia has thrown. Stewart makes her a marriage proposal, which she accepts.

Reviews

The magazine Time Out London wrote that the action was powerless and which end is just not surprising and corny. The cast is strong.

The lexicon of international films wrote that the film was a “small film, exclusively with black actors, which once more describes that men and women do not really fit together, but need each other” . He tells a “rather one-dimensional story about love and loyalty and the importance of friendship and forgiveness” .

Awards

Terrence Howard was nominated for Best Supporting Actor for the Independent Spirit Award in 2000. Nia Long and Malcolm D. Lee - both directors and screenwriters - received the Black Reel Award in 2000 . Taye Diggs and Terrence Howard were nominated for the Black Reel Award .

Nia Long, Terrence Howard and Best Picture won the Image Award in 2000 . Morris Chestnut, Taye Diggs, Monica Calhoun, Harold Perrineau, Melissa De Sousa and Sanaa Lathan were also nominated for the same award. Terrence Howard was nominated for the Chicago Film Critics Association Award in 2000.

backgrounds

The film was shot in New York City . Its production amounted to an estimated 9 million US dollars . The world premiere took place on September 2, 1999 at the Montréal Film Festival . On September 13, 1999, the film was shown at the Toronto International Film Festival . In October 1999, it was released in US cinemas, grossing around 34 million US dollars. In some countries like Argentina, Germany and Hungary it was released directly on video or DVD.

Director and screenwriter Malcolm D. Lee is related to producer Spike Lee .

In 2013 a sequel was released with The Best Man Holiday . Malcolm D. Lee took over the direction again and the actors of the first part can be seen in the main roles.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Time Out London, accessed on March 23, 2008 ( Memento of the original from November 7, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.timeout.com
  2. ↑ The Best Man - Wedding with Obstacles in the Lexicon of International FilmsTemplate: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used , accessed March 23, 2008
  3. ↑ Filming locations for The Best Man, accessed March 23, 2008
  4. ↑ Box office results for The Best Man, accessed March 23, 2008
  5. ↑ The Best Man's premiere dates , accessed March 23, 2008