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The Perfect Holiday (2007) -- Chris Kimball from Cook's magazine shows Harry Smith some nifty recipes for going beyond traditional Christmas cookies as holiday gifts.
The Perfect Holiday (2007) -- A young girl turns to a department store Santa (Chestnut) in the hopes that he will help find a new husband for her divorced mother (Union).
The Perfect Holiday (2007) -- A young girl turns to a department store Santa (Chestnut) in the hopes that he will help find a new husband for her divorced mother (Union).
The Perfect Holiday (2007) -- A young girl turns to a department store Santa (Chestnut) in the hopes that he will help find a new husband for her divorced mother (Union).

Overview

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3.1/10   1,501 votes
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Director:
Lance Rivera
Writers (WGA):
Lance Rivera (written by) &
Marc Calixte (written by) ...
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Release Date:
12 December 2007 (USA) more
Genre:
Comedy | Family | Romance more
Tagline:
This Christmas, the perfect man just happens to be Santa.
Plot:
A young girl turns to a department store Santa in the hopes that he will help find a new husband for her divorced mother. | full synopsis
User Comments:
Bland, harmless Christmas time-waster... more (10 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Morris Chestnut ... Benjamin Armstrong

Gabrielle Union ... Nancy

Faizon Love ... Jamal

Charles Q. Murphy ... J-Jizzy (as Charlie Murphy)

Katt Williams ... Delicious
Jill Marie Jones ... Robin

Rachel True ... Brenda
Malik Hammond ... John-John

Khail Bryant ... Emily

Pedro Kim ... Clerk

David Anzuelo ... Maintenance Man

Frank Bonsangue ... Police Sergeant
John Bryant ... Rottweiler
Paul Woodburn ... Driver

Modi ... Father in Line
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Perfect Christmas (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG for brief language and some suggestive humor.
Runtime:
USA:96 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
USA:PG

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Miscellaneous: The Johnny Rocket that's shown in the movie is located on a street with a sidewalk showing the outside. When the two gentleman are then shown inside of Johnny Rocket's talking you can see from the traffic of people outside the window that this is obviously an indoor Johnny Rockets. more
Quotes:
Jamal: Hi, I'm Santa's Number One Elf!
Brenda: More like numbers one through ten...
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Movie Connections:
Featured in "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2007-12-15)" (2007) more
Soundtrack:
It's Christmas -Let's Party more

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5 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
Bland, harmless Christmas time-waster..., 17 December 2007
3/10
Author: marinbosley from United States

One thing you can say about The Perfect Holiday is that it's slightly less idiotic than most of the recent crop of holiday movies. It doesn't suffer from the same juvenile slapstick bits as Deck The Halls, Surviving Christmas, or Christmas With The Kranks. Furthermore, it's nice to see people of color getting a story they can call their own, while all of those other titles (forgettable as they may be) depict Christmas as something that exists entirely in a white-bread suburban world. It's a shame that this movie isn't more original. It's filled with talented actors, but the script is at the level of a TV sitcom holiday special. Morris Chestnut and Gabrielle Union do they best they can with their cookie-cutter parts, but the audience knows from Minute One exactly where the jokes are going.

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