Sunday, January 22, 2006
REVIEW: LAST HOLIDAY
Last Holiday would have been an awesome film to have been released during the holidays last year. Instead, it came to theaters in January 2006. Queen Latifah stars as Georgia Byrd, a woman who works in the kitchen section of a large department store as a food preparation chef and harbors a secret crush on a co-worker named Sean (LL Cool J). Right about the time Sean is working up the courage to ask her out she bumps her head and discovers that she only has three weeks to live because of a brain tumor. Having never lived for the moment, Georgia takes out her life savings and heads to Europe, where she decides to spend her last few weeks on Earth at a deluxe winter resort. Mistaken for a wealthy socialite due to her lavish spending, Georgia embarks on a life adventure that allows her to really "live". Great story, great acting, great directing (the latter by Wayne Wang, director of 1993's The Joy Luck Club).Official Website: http://www.lastholidaymovie.com/
Trivia: All the dishes served in the movie was prepared by Food Network chefs who traveled with the crew to do the cooking. They also taught Queen Latifah some basic cooking techniques so she would look like a professional chef in the movie.
Grade: 4 out of 5 Stars
