A Major Disappointment

Clever, believable, and super fun to watch. It totally has replay value.

A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

When i started this movie i thought: ¨This is going to be another of those movies¨ you know ¨Just Silly¨cause it starts like you will die soon even thought you haven't had any symptom, so better enjoy whats left of your life, but seeing how much she is enjoying the food, the comfort of her room and the risk she takes, you will end up loving it, cause it is made to be enjoyed and to make you realize how life is supposed to be lived, just piece by piece, enjoying every little good moment.

The whole story shows that point, what many of us have forgotten- dreams are not only just our imagination, dreams are our weapon to fight against the cruel world. Georgia shows the true character of a middle-aged, simple woman, who is working at magazine as customer service specialist. She doesn't have kids, husband, but she has a big crush for a co-worker, yet, her personality and life made her to live in shadows and she can't express her feelings.It all changes, when Georgia hits her head and later gets diagnosed with disease, which gives her no longer than 2 weeks to live. Instead of crying at the pillow all days, she gets her in hands and decides to spend her last days as luxurious, rich woman and takes all money from bank (from sold business papers) and goes to one of the most expensive hotels in the world. Spending days at hotel she finally realizes the natural beauty of life. She meets the Chef, which she was fan of for long time, finds new friends and teaches them that life is too short to spend it like they do, and does the most extreme things (like jumping off with parachute), what she would never have thought of in her previous life.In the end, when Georgia realizes that she needs to spend her last days with people, what she loves and express to her crush, what she wanted to say for a long time, big avalanche comes and blocks the entire road. Her crush also had the same thought of it, but due to avalanche and blocked road, he had to take the hard path to the hotel, which took him a long time. Later, when they were unite, they finally tell each other what they had felt and that he will never leave her no matter what. As little time passed, to hotel came letter, which explained that diagnose was false due to machine failure. Georgia looked up in the skies and told: ''You are so wrong, how are you doing it like that?'', afterwards, she laughed.The movie is definitely for warm evenings and beautiful masterpiece. Even though movie suffered a bit problems with dialogues, it still creates the atmosphere for the idea, what this movie tried to tell. This movie is a beautiful example for other movies about how to create a heartful and joyful movie for all ages. Definitely have to give credits for producer and actors (especially Queen Latifah), they did superb job.

LAST HOLIDAY is a rather lame remake of an old Alec Guiness comedy that stars Queen Latifah as Georgia Byrd, a department store employee who finds out she's dying and decides to travel to Europe and blow all her money, not knowing her fantasy man/fellow employee (LL Cool J)has been fantasizing about her as much as she's been thinking about him. This film is so predictable that I could practically recite the dialogue along with the actors. Queen Latifah works very hard at making her Plain Jane character funny and believable, but her performance comes off as forced and annoying. LL Cool J shows solid leading man potential in a thankless role that's a waste of his and our time. There are plot holes you can drive a truck through, but the film does boast an impressive supporting cast including Gereard Depardieu as a world famous chef who befriends Georgia, Giancarlo Esposito as a US Senator from Georgia's hometown, who happens to be vacationing in the same European spot Georgia travels to, where she learns he is in bed with a ruthless, wealthy businessman (a surprisingly effective Timothy Hutton, cleverly cast against type), who is also dealing with a very discontent mistress (Alicia Witt). There's some gorgeous scenery and the supporting cast is fun; however, unless you're a hardcore Queen Latifah fan, I'd pass on this one.

Last Holiday, after watching the movie I felt really moved. Though predictable, the movie will make any man, woman, or child smile in the end. Before watching the movie, my friends told me the audience applauded at the theaters. The biggest regret I have about the movie was not watching it in theaters. No Oscar-awarded movie ever moved me like this. This is the only romantic movie I actually liked. I sadly expect a high-standard critic to despise this movie so don't be fulled by them. Honestly most movies are so complex nowadays, I tend to get lost in them. The movie is simple, funny, and something the whole family will enjoy.