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C+ |
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C+ |
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C+ |
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C- |
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Somewhat lacking but, the message is clear
by CarenH (movies profile)
Dec 31, 2007
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101 people found this review helpful
Last Holiday, a female, romance-like, modern version of the 1950’s British Comedy verion started off mediocre with its introduction of Georgia Byrd (Latifa), as a shy, retail sales clerk worker, church going singer, who enjoys cooking and adding entries and pictures of ‘possibilities’ in her oversized scrapbook including marrying her all time crush (LL Cool J).
As the story continues, Georgia's worlds is suddenly flipped upside down after accidentally, if not fatefully bumping her head, which later lead to a CAT scan and a resulting diagnosis of several brain tumors. Naturally, she is told that she only has a few weeks to live and that’s when the story really picks up.
With first utter sadness, and many cry’s of “Why Me Lord,” while singing in her church, a new perspective results in her life, Georgia decides to make every minute count, which later leads to quitting her job, breaking her boss’s four hundred dollar cell phone, and using every dime she has in her savings towards a long overdue vacation to one of European’s exquisite resorts, (with cardboard resembling snowy mountains, and timid stunt and scenery adaptations.)
While making up for lost time, Georgia does everything from snowing boarding to tipping any and everyone in her 4,000 dollar hotel for the heck of it. While there, Georgia unbeknownst garners up so rich attention, good and bad concerning her “loaded financial status”, as she is witnessed in her expensive suits, winning the affection of every hotel staff member and a well-known chef with her humble and sweet personality, along with her luxurious entertainment selections. People including the senator of New Orleans ,(her home town,) and ironically the owner of the store in which she used to work.
I’m not going to go into further detail but, overall this movie was alright even if I found some scenes predictable, nearing cliché, from Georgia's landing the guy after not remotely holding a conversation with him, getting her dream restaurant with awaiting limo’s and paparazzo’s elite photographers, everyone so easily gravitating towards her fast paced colorful personality that she’d purposively hidden for the better part of her life, or a middling supporting cast. The message, “live life as if it were your last day,” eventually rams it’s head, and it can always be appreciated by all types of audiences, and taken into consideration, and this movie explored this concept quite alright. Through a rocky beginning, tolerable graphics, and a few clichés, I’d recommend people, mainly families to go see this movie. |
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