Product Description: Enjoy Yourself … It's Later Than You Think! It's advice to follow for shy New Orleans cookware salesclerk Georgia Byrd (Oscar® nominee* Queen Latifah) when her doctor informs her that she has less than a month to live. With news like that, it's time to give your life a serious makeover! So Georgia jets off on a dream vacation to live life like there's no tomorrow. Enjoy hearty laughs and rollicking comedic misadventures when Georgia shakes up a glamorous European resort spa while enthusiastically embracing a new look … new moves … and a new attitude! LL Cool J is the handsome suitor back home who's not about to let Georgia slip away. And Timothy Hutton, Gerard Depardieu, Alicia Witt and Giancarlo Esposito also star in this comedy hit that makes the good times last forever.
Amazon.com: Queen Latifah demonstrates her loose, easy charm in Last Holiday, a remake of the 1950 comedy with Alec Guinness. Though at first glance it's hard to imagine anyone less like Alec Guinness than Queen Latifah, they both communicate a world of inner thought with nothing more than a sly sideways glance. Georgia Byrd (Latifah), a department store employee, leads a life of frustrated desires--particularly for a bashful salesman from the outdoor furnishings department (LL Cool J, Deep Blue Sea). But when she learns she only has a few weeks left to live, Georgia gathers her money, quits her job, and flies to a swank European resort she's always dreamed of visiting. Naturally, her new carelessness with money and fearless candor lead everyone around her--including her senator (Giancarlo Esposito, Do The Right Thing) and her former boss (Timothy Hutton, Ordinary People)--to think she's a mover and shaker. Last Holiday unfolds the way you expect it to (dozens of movies and TV shows have similar plots), but Latifah and the capable cast keep it alive. Also featuring Alicia Witt (The Upside of Anger), Jane Adams (Happiness), and the ever-dependable Gerard Depardieu (Cyrano de Bergerac) as a passionate chef. --Bret Fetzer
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Rating: - The Queen of Entertainment
Queen Latifah is the Queen of Entertainment! She is so multi-talented. I love watching her feel good movie. This movie is light hearted with a dash of comedy, romance, and drama all stirred in, a real ... Read More
Rating: - Have watched this movie over and over again! Great
The Last Holiday is just Great. It's funny! Queen Latifah is great as is the whole cast!
Rating: - Very, Very Funny
I checked this out of the library not knowing much about it and really not expecting much. I was pleased to find that it was actually a very good movie. I could have done without the sprinkling of profanity ... Read More
Rating: - Possibilities
It is a great family movie about Georgia,who after being told has only 3 weeks to live, finally starts living her life. And from Georgia's book of possibilities her wonderful adventure begins and her life is never ... Read More
Rating: - A good message
I actually liked this movie, but agree with some that the direction could have been better. Tim Hutton's acting, as always was stellar. He's a very funny guy. Conceptually, the message is a good one...Perfect love ... Read More
- The Queen of Entertainment
- Very, Very Funny