The Perfect Holiday (2007)

Director:

Lance Rivera

Writers (WGA):

Lance Rivera (written by) &
Marc Calixte (written by) ...

Release Date:

12 December 2007 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Family | Romance

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. |

Plot Keywords:

Fugitive | Purse Snatcher | Piano | Breakup | Kitchen

Cast

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

Also Known As:

Perfect Christmas (USA) (working title)

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

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:PG

Filming Locations:

Bergenfield, New Jersey, USA

Company:

Capital Arts Entertainment

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.

Quotes:

Jamal: Hi, I'm Santa's Number One Elf!
Brenda: More like numbers one through ten...

Movie Connections:

References "Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids" (1972)

Soundtrack:

Peace

Less than PERFECT HOLIDAY

Queen Latifah is the reason we attended the advance screening of PERFECT HOLIDAY in our area. If she is your only reason for viewing this movie, you might be as disappointed as we were. My husband would have bolted after 15 minutes, but in deference to me, he sat through the entire movie. He did laugh once, towards the end of the movie, at a cryptic comment uttered by Terrence Howard's character in front of a closed outlet mall. I won't spoil the movie for you by telling you the line, but you will probably laugh, too. Speaking of Terrence Howard, he must have owed Queen Latifah BIG TIME to appear in this movie, especially as the humbug to her holiday.

The movie has some warm, touching moments, with a little bit (very little bit) of comedy and (more than a little bit) love. It is just too bland and average to warrant a night out, especially at today's ticket prices. Wait for the DVD, or better yet, wait for cable (unless you really have to see the Queen). Please don't spoil your perfect holidays by going out of your way to see this movie.