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Genres:
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Adventure /
Comedy /
Drama
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Release:
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Director:
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Wayne Wang
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Actors:
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LL Cool J,
Ranjit Chowdhry,
Jaqueline Fleming,
Susan Kellermann,
Michael Estime,
Kendall Mosby,
Queen Latifah,
Timothy Hutton,
Giancarlo Esposito,
Alicia Witt,
Gérard Depardieu,
Jane Adams,
Jascha Washington,
Matt Ross,
Michael Nouri
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Duration:
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112 min.
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Rating:
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(6.3/10)94
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Plot Summary:
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Latifah stars as Georgia Byrd, a strait-laced added-sized woman who lives a dreary, odd life in Unique Orleans, where she dreams of an artistic life filled with fancy eatables, elegant clothing, and turbulent-way of life parties. But she spends most of her evenings eating frozen dinners all singular, ordinarily theory about a shy coworker (LL Cool J) she has a crush on. When she is quickly diagnosed with a final disease and given three weeks to finish, she collects her savings and decides to go doolally, doing all those things she would never allow herself to do preceding...
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Tags:
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Fab-U-Lous
Dont listen to wat those pinheads hav wrote above, i watched this film on the plane on my bak from australia, and i thought it was brilliant, i must hav watched it about 3 times, loved queen latifah.
Last Holiday
Jessica ReavesA word to the wise: If you're ever told you have three weeks to live, you should seriously consider liquidating your life savings and making tracks to the world's most outrageously luxurious five-star resort. A word to the even wiser: Make sure you take Queen Latifah along with you.
Last Holiday, Wayne Wang's energetic remake of the 1950 comedy starring Alec Guinness, gets new life breathed into it by a wonderful, slightly toned down performance from Queen Latifah. She's soft, bold and very funny, infusing this otherwise predictable movie with a contagious sort of charm.
As the shy, dutiful Georgia Byrd, Latifah is miles away from her customary "brassy broad" persona, a departure that allows real sadness and sweetness to play across her ex...
Last Holiday
Claudia PuigLast Holiday is a pleasant, though hugely predictable, diversion, enlivened by some inspired comic moments from Queen Latifah and a quirky supporting cast.
The movie clich??s are bearable mainly because the cast rises above the formulaic material. There are also some bona fide laughs to be had once the setting switches to a luxurious resort in the Czech Republic.
Latifah plays Georgia, a timid sales clerk who is told she is dying of a rare disease. She decides to take her savings and live it up for the three weeks she has left.
Latifah's considerable comic ability makes the banal premise more winning than it ought to be. Though she has chosen some questionable movies, like the offensively awful Bringing Down the House, it is testimony ...
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