Last Holiday Movie Review 2006

Georgia Byrd (Queen Latifah) is a shy New Orleans salesclerk with a passion for gourmet cooking and a habit of setting her dreams aside. This changes when Georgia is (mis)diagnosed with a fatal disease that gives her only weeks to live. She decides to make the most of her time by giving herself a makeover and a holiday at the ritzy Czech Grandhotel Pupp so she can enjoy the gastronomical delights of her favorite chef, Didier (the charming Depardieu). The Queen is as appealing as ever, even in this warmed-over comedy, which is a remake of the 1950 Alec Guinness comedy.

Distribution

Paramount Home Video, 5555 Melrose Ave., 5555 Melrose Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90038, Phone: (323)956-5000, URL: http://www.paramount.com, Remarks: Does not handle retail queries from consumers; contact your local video distributor.

Available on DVD
Running time 112 minutes.
Originally from United States.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Comic Adventure, African America, Terminal Illness, Salespeople, New Orleans, Eastern Europe, Vacations

Screenplay

Jeffrey Price, Peter S. Seaman

Cast

Queen Latifah, LL Cool J, Timothy Hutton, Giancarlo Esposito, Alicia Witt, Gerard Depardieu, Jane Adams, Susan Kellerman, Jascha Washington, Matt Ross, Ranjit (Chaudry) Chowdhry, Mike Estime, Michael Nouri, Julia Lashae, Richmond Werner, Emeril Lagasse, Shirl Cieutat

Cinematography

Geoffrey Simpson

Director

Wayne Wang

Music

George Fenton

Other

Allan Byer, Deva Anderson, Deidre Slevin, Richard Johnson, Daniel Orlandi, William Arnold

Producer

Laurence Mark, Mark Rapke, Imagemovers, Paramount Pictures