Last Holiday (2006) Critic Reviews

A movie that takes advantage of the great good nature and warmth of Queen Latifah, and uses it to transform a creaky old formula into a comedy that is just plain lovable.Read the full review

Director Wayne Wang and his screenwriters sometimes ape ''Pretty Woman." But Latifah's obvious forebear is Pearl Bailey, who was just as regal and straight-up.Read the full review

The movie clichés are bearable mainly because the cast rises above the formulaic material. There are also some bona fide laughs to be had once the setting switches to a luxurious resort in the Czech Republic.Read the full review

The movie is content to be a kind of middling expression of human decency: It's never either terribly funny or terribly dramatic, but Latifah's quiet solidity and common sense root it in ways that larger, louder pictures never achieve.Read the full review

Queen Latifah finally gets a vehicle that gives her formidable talents and expansive spirit plenty of blooming room.Read the full review

This harmless bit of fluff lacks the element of surprise but is not without random charming moments supplied by its incandescent star.Read the full review

Once again, Queen Latifah survives some remarkably clumsy filmmaking. More than survives; she manages to prevail.Read the full review

A chaste and tepid remake of a 1950 British comedy.Read the full review

For a film ostensibly about how life means nothing without adventure and unpredictability, Last Holiday all feels as preordained as the film-ending Emeril cameo.Read the full review