Best Men

Best Men

A comedy thriller about four men, a wedding and everybody's funeral.

Directed by Tamra Davis

Produced by The Rank Organisation, Orion Pictures

199790 min5.3 / 10

A comedic crime caper that blends a wedding celebration with an unexpected bank robbery, balancing humor and tension through the entanglement of friends in a hostage situation.

Four tuxedo clad men show up at a penitentiary to meet a friend who has just been released after three years in prison and is going straight from the jail to marry his girlfriend. En route to the wedding, one of the men asks to stop by a bank to pick up some cash. As it turns out, he is a wanted bank robber who uses Shakespeare passages during his robberies and thus has become known as "Hamlet". Soon all five men are caught up in the bank and involved in the robbery as they end up in a hostage situation. The hostage negotiator shows up who turns out to be Hamlet's father.

Questions people ask

  • Is Best Men sad? Barely. Less sad than 80% of films.

  • Is Best Men scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 67% of films.

  • Is Best Men easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Does Best Men end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Best Men violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

15/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity35

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise13

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love5

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like Best Men

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Best Men

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Best Men, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Best Men, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Best Men, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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