'Almost Christmas' Movie 11/11 ft Danny Glover, Mo'Nique, JB Smoove, Omar Epps, G. Union, and others
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Yesterday, given the sickening election, and my extreme anger and disgust, I needed to see this kind of movie. I was listening to a lot of Pac, hitting a heavy bag until my knuckles cut open, walking around ready to spit in someones face, so I wanted a familiar, low stakes dramedy, with some laughs and some seriousness. I liked this movie, it's better then the 2013 'Best Man' sequel, a little more low key and not as gaudy and elaborate as that, much more grounded, but still a great looking cast, obviously the women are gorgeous, esp. Union, and apparently that was Keri Hilson, also Cheryl..... (sans Mo-Nique,) who manages to do a solid job here, elicting some laughs and some serious moments too.
I didn't know Gabrielle Union could act, and she impressed me in her role, and I thought the romance between her and Omar Epps, (good to see him again too, esp. I saw some of 'In Too Deep' on cable the other night) was one of the most enjoyable parts of the movie. JB Smoove is funny in his role, Danny Glover is ok, and it's all pretty cliche and predictable, but that was fine. Good actors, good intentions, good chemistry, it was perfect movie to see at the time. Obviously not great, but not trafficking in stereotypes to the degrees other similar movies do. It's not very funny, but there are a lot of light laughs, if you are looking for a hilarious comedy, this isn't one, yet most of the jokes work well enough. It's a feel good movie, and it worked for me. Huge improvement on the awful Goodman/Diane Lane/Amanda Peet ensemble I watched last year around this time, in my tradition of watching a sappy Christmas dramedy.
I didn't know Gabrielle Union could act, and she impressed me in her role, and I thought the romance between her and Omar Epps, (good to see him again too, esp. I saw some of 'In Too Deep' on cable the other night) was one of the most enjoyable parts of the movie. JB Smoove is funny in his role, Danny Glover is ok, and it's all pretty cliche and predictable, but that was fine. Good actors, good intentions, good chemistry, it was perfect movie to see at the time. Obviously not great, but not trafficking in stereotypes to the degrees other similar movies do. It's not very funny, but there are a lot of light laughs, if you are looking for a hilarious comedy, this isn't one, yet most of the jokes work well enough. It's a feel good movie, and it worked for me. Huge improvement on the awful Goodman/Diane Lane/Amanda Peet ensemble I watched last year around this time, in my tradition of watching a sappy Christmas dramedy.
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gonna peep it at the cheap theater.
c00n movie drops every 2 years or so.... 
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Gabrielle Union, Nicole Ari Parker, Kimberly Elise 
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DC Young Fly was pretty good in this. If this was the late 90s - early 2000s when there was an abundance of Black films dude would have made a killing.
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shyt was hilarious. much better than i expected going in. monique and jb was the funniest 
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shyt was hilarious. much better than i expected going in. monique and jb was the funniest
JB killed it
His continual antics about his minor league play in Croatia 
'Here take this card....it will be valuable soon, let it marinate though' 'Yeah, I worked in electronics after I got got out of the league in 92'
'Here take this card....it will be valuable soon, let it marinate though' 'Yeah, I worked in electronics after I got got out of the league in 92'
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Kimberly Elise in that red dress 