Last Holiday PG-13
She always thought she was somebody special... and she was.
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DVD Details
- Rated: PG-13
- Run Time: 1 hours, 51 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: August 1, 2017
- Originally Released: 2006
- Label: Paramount
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Queen Latifah, LL Cool J & Timothy Hutton | |
Performer: | Giancarlo Esposito, Alicia Witt, Michael Nouri & Jane Adams | |
Directed by | Wayne Wang | |
Screenplay by | Jeffrey Price & Peter S. Seaman | |
Composition by | George Fenton | |
Cameo: | Smokey Robinson | |
Produced by | Laurence Mark & Jack Rapke | |
Director of Photography: | Geoffrey Simpson | |
Executive Production by | Jeffrey Price, Peter S. Seaman, Steve Starkey, Richard Vane & Robert Zemeckis |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: 2.5/4 --
It may not be much -- it's a remake of a 1950 Alec Guinness film -- but it is as bright as a Christmas bauble.
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Toronto Star
[T]here are moments when the film invokes the ghosts of Jimmy Stewart's Jefferson Smith and George Bailey.
Sight and Sound
4 stars out of 5 -- One of those films that can't help but put a smile on your face....Saved by a warm performance from Latifah.
Ultimate DVD
Rating: 2/5 --
At best it's a bumpy ride through predictable territory.
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BBC.com
The main reason I find Last Holiday so charming, despite its corny concept and broad humor, is because I get to see good things happen to a good person.
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Pittsburgh City Paper
The most surprisingly satisfying Hollywood comedy in ages.
Village Voice
Rating: 2.5/5 --
In its corny, cartoonish way, it even suggests a generosity of spirit that's faithful to the 1950 original.
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Seattle Times
Product Description:
Queen Latifah is absolutely delightful in Wayne Wang's romantic comedy, LAST HOLIDAY. Latifah stars as Georgia Byrd, a reserved plus-sized woman who lives a dreary, ordinary life in pre-Katrina New Orleans, where she dreams of an elegant existence filled with fancy food, stylish clothing, and high-society parties. But she spends most of her evenings eating frozen dinners all alone, often thinking about a shy coworker (LL Cool J) she has a crush on. When she is suddenly diagnosed with a terminal illness and given three weeks to live, she collects her savings and decides to go crazy, doing all those things she would never allow herself to do before. She heads for one of the world's ritziest hotels, the Grand Hotel Pupp in Karlovy Vary in the Czech Republic, where she takes advantage of every luxury she can, from spa treatments to downhill ski runs to helicopter trips to designer shopping excursions. While her lavish appetite is admired by a gourmet chef (Gerard Depardieu, showing agile comic skill), she is deemed a potential threat by a corporate bigwig (a slick Timothy Hutton). She's also none too happy to find her too-smooth senator (Giancarlo Esposito) enjoying a lush vacation instead of serving his community.
Latifah simply lights up the screen in a somewhat different version of the role played by Alec Guinness in Henry Cass's 1950 original. This version of LAST HOLIDAY has been updated with a playful pop soundtrack, Geoffrey Simpson's beautiful photography, William Arnold's bright and colorful production design, and an enjoyable, lighthearted pace from director Wang (DIM SUM, THE JOY LUCK CLUB, and MAID IN MANHATTAN).
Latifah simply lights up the screen in a somewhat different version of the role played by Alec Guinness in Henry Cass's 1950 original. This version of LAST HOLIDAY has been updated with a playful pop soundtrack, Geoffrey Simpson's beautiful photography, William Arnold's bright and colorful production design, and an enjoyable, lighthearted pace from director Wang (DIM SUM, THE JOY LUCK CLUB, and MAID IN MANHATTAN).
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