May 19, 2006

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Last Holiday

Filed in: Reviews, comedy, movies

Queen Latifah starred in last year’s remake of Last Holiday, playing a shopgirl misdiagnosed with a terminal illness. Cashing in her retirement funds for a dream trip to a European five star ski resort, she’s mistaken for a mystreiously wealthy woman by the owner of the department store chain where she’s employed and some American congressman.

Timothy Hutton, looking almost anorexic, plays the asshole entrepreneur, Alicia Witt looking hotter than ever as his latest MBA/mistress and Giancarlo Esposito the House member for Latifah’s district, LL Cool J plays her dreamlover/co-worker, plus a chubby Gérard Depardieu is the resort’s chef who loves her zest for food and life. A good cast but other than the chef there isn’t much chemistry or energy.

Honestly it was moderately entertaining, and Latifah is pretty good in what is otherwise a low energy affair.

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