Release Year: 2006 Rating: PG-13 Director: Wayne Wang Producer: Robert Zemeckis, Steve Starkey, Richard Vane Distributor: Paramount Pictures, Universal Pictures
After she's diagnosed with a terminal illness, a shy woman decides to take a European vacation.
cast
Alicia Witt as Ms. Burns Gerard Depardieu as Chef Didier Giancarlo Giannini as Senator Dillings LL Cool J as Sean Matthews Queen Latifah as Georgia Byrd
quote
[from trailer]
Georgia Byrd: Next time... we will laugh more, we'll love more; we just won't be so afraid.
In ancient times, people told the time by the height of the sun in the sky. For modern moviegoers, a similar calculation can be derived by the sudden appearance of a rash of bad movies opening at their local multiplexes. This occurrence almost certainly means that January has arrived. Although there are exceptions to this rule, last January's ASSAULT ON PRECINCT 13 being one, LAST HOLIDAY is certainly no rule breaker. It is a completely predictable comedy with very few laughs. The level of humor can be accurately calculated when one finds out that the pronunciation of the name of the hotel where the story is set -- Grandhotel Pupp, pronounced "poop" -- is one the film's best jokes. And, if you find that funny, maybe you would like this movie, which only served to kill time for me.