The Perfect Holiday (2007)
Average Rating: 3.8/10
Reviews Counted: 57
Fresh: 9 | Rotten: 48
The Perfect Holiday is the perfect example of Christmas movie clichés run amok.
Average Rating: 3.9/10
Critic Reviews: 24
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 21
The Perfect Holiday is the perfect example of Christmas movie clichés run amok.
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Gabrielle Union, Morris Chestnut, Queen Latifah, and Terrence Howard star in a film concerning a young girl who implores a department-store Santa to find a new husband for her divorced mother for Christmas. Single mother of three Nancy (Union) has been putting the needs of her three children ahead of her own for as far back as she can remember, and lately her youngest daughter, Emily (Khail Bryant), has become acutely aware of her mother's palpable sadness. As Christmas draws near, Nancy takes
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Cast
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Morris Chestnut
Benjamin -
Gabrielle Union
Nancy -
Queen Latifah
Narrator -
Terrence Howard
Bah-Humbug -
Malik Hammond
John-John -
Charlie Murphy
J-Jizzy -
Khail Bryant
Emily -
Faizon Love
Jamal -
Katt Williams
Delicious -
Jeremy Gumbs
Mikey -
Jill Marie Jones
Robin -
Rachel True
Brenda
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I'd rather watch 90 minutes of a flickering yule log video than sit through this overcooked Christmas goose again.
Top Critic[A] wretched yuletide comedy.
Despite the flabby direction and uninspired plot, The Perfect Holiday almost works because Chestnut and Union are an attractive couple and you want them to get together.
[Queen Latifah and Terrence Howard] may be a draw, but it's too bad no one thought the endearing performances in this charming (if cliché) family romance would be enough.
Jovial and junky as all get out, The Perfect Holiday is about what you'd expect from a holiday comedy daring to put 'perfect' in its title. As in anything but.
The Perfect Holiday, as many a holiday movie before it, meticulously goes through the motions, but never quite finds the magic of the season.
Love eventually conquers all, as expected, but not before we're forced to sit through a nearly endless parade of clichés, unfunny jokes, and empty drama.
Christmas fable is cute and tame, but unoriginal.
Queen Latifah and Terrence Howard just show up enough in The Perfect Holiday to either pick up a paycheck or return some kind of mysterious unpaid debt to writer-director Lance Rivera.
"The Perfect Holiday" isn't perfect. But it does contain moments of merriment.
Bad Santa! No cookie!
It's deplorable that these two stars have been reduced to appearing in such garbage.
Perfect Holiday is far from an offensive effort. It's just pathetic and forgettable, and when it comes to Christmas cheer, mediocrity should never be left under the tree.
There's just no cynicism in this whole story. As if a woman knows how to take a compliment. But this movie allows you to suspend disbelief and buy into a woman who can say thank you.
If tickets to this yuletide dreck are hiding in your stocking, you'd be better off with a lump of coal.
In one scene, Terrence Howard kneels in a pair of shoes like Tim Conway in a 'Dorf on Golf' video, licks a lollipop and utters this line: 'I gotta go dookie.' I hope they paid him well.
...a clumsy mess of silly contrivances and musty sight gags...
There's no rush to see this disappointing excuse for a holiday film.
Belying its title, the film does little to inspire good cheer toward its various imperfections. Maybe I should find Santa and ask for better films. You'll certainly wish I had if you're unfortunate enough to sit through this 'gift.'
Most people seeing this movie might wonder what Queen Latifah did to convince Terrence Howard to take on what will surely be his worst role of the year.
Despite the appealing supporting performers, I'd like to cap this movie.
Is The Perfect Holiday a good film? The answer is: not really, but it isn't terrible.
The Perfect Holiday makes the safest, blandest choices possible in delivering some Christmas cheer for the whole family.
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