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.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2967 in DVD
• Brand: Paramount
• Released on: 2006-05-02
• Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
• Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
• Formats: Color, DVD-Video, Full Screen, NTSC
• Original language: English, French
• Subtitled in: English, Spanish
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 112 minutes

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

Customer Reviews

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 casts out all fear. It encourages us to use our God given gifts and talents...and that it's only too late if you are dead. I would see it again.

Cliched, by-the-book, and wonderful
You would have to be a real scrooge to not enjoy this movie. While it is everything you have already seen before, it has so much heart and warmth and humor that it scores a big touchdown. Latifah and company are all excellent here. Even if it's against your better judgement, you will be moved!

My god
I paid nothing to see this movie as the theatre on my base has free admission... That being said, this movie was a waste of my money and my time. Maybe it's because I'm a guy and this movie wasn't aimed at me. Maybe it's because I like good movies, either way, don't waste your money on seeing this movie. Wait a couple years until they show it for free on TV or wait for a friend to buy it and mooch. ....Horrible movie Two hours of horrible even Apparently I cannot post until there are ten lines of text. So here we go, extra lines....what a waste of bandwidth.... I understand why they do this, but why ten lines? Why not nine or eleven. Truly an enigma.