The Perfect Holiday
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| The Perfect Holiday | |
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| Directed by | Lance Rivera |
| Produced by | Queen Latifah |
| Written by | Lance Rivera & Marc Calixte |
| Narrated by | Queen Latifah |
| Starring | Gabrielle Union Morris Chestnut Terrence Howard Faizon Love |
| Music by | Christopher Lennertz |
| Cinematography | Teodoro Maniaci |
| Editing by | Paul Trejo |
| Distributed by | Yari Film Group Destination Films |
| Release date(s) | December 12, 2007 |
| Country |  |
| Language | English |
| Official website | |
| IMDb profile | |
The Perfect Holiday is a 2007 film starring Gabrielle Union, Morris Chestnut, and Terrence Howard and is produced by Academy Award nominated actress Queen Latifah, who also narrates the movie. The film was released on December 12, 2007.
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[edit] Plot
Nancy is a divorced mother, who is too busy taking care of her three children to take care of herself. Nancy was previously married to James Jizzy, a hip hop artist. Her youngest daughter Emily overhears her mother say that she wished for a compliment from a man, and the daughter tells a Santa Claus about her mother's wish. The Santa Claus turns out to be a man named Benjamin. Benjamin is also interested in the music industry and gives James Jizzy his recording track of a Christmas album at the beginning of the movie. While playing the part of Santa Claus, Benjamin notices Nancy. When out of character of his Santa role, Benjamin and his friend follow Nancy to a Starbucks, which is next to a cleaners to carry out a plot to win Nancy's heart. Nancy is also interested in Benjamin, and follows him to a store, where they both meet. Afterwards, both date. Nancy's oldest son, John-John is jealous of Benjamin going out with his mother and devises plots to break the relationship up. Queen Latifah and Terrence Howard both play omniscient roles in the movie. Howard is the mischievous angel, named "Bah Humbug", while Latifah is the kind, thoughtful angel, commonly referred to as "Mother Christmas".[1][2]
[edit] Cast
- Queen Latifah as Mother Christmas/Narrator
- Gabrielle Union as Nancy
- Morris Chestnut as Benjamin Armstrong
- Terrence Howard as Mr. Bah Humbug
- Faizon Love as Jamal
- Khail Bryant as Emily
- Charlie Murphy as J-Jizzy
- Katt Williams as Delicious
- Rachel True as Brenda
- Jill Marie Jones as Robin
- Malik Hammond as John-John
[edit] Trivia
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- The film will have an animated title sequence from John Kricfalusi of Ren & Stimpy fame. It will be made in Flash animation. The film was partially shot in Warren, New Jersey. It was also shot in Westfield, NJ. The mall scenes were shot in the Jersey Gardens Outlet mall.
- The movie grossed $2,283,360 on its opening weekend in 1,307 theaters. According to Box Office Mojo, as of February 7, 2008, the film has grossed a domestic gross of $5,812,781.
[edit] External links
- Official site
- The Perfect Holiday at the Internet Movie Database
- The Perfect Holiday at Rotten Tomatoes
- The Perfect Holiday at Metacritic
- The Perfect Holiday at Box Office Mojo
- The Perfect Holiday at Allmovie
- A Father and Son’s Perfect Holiday - Dad and 7 year old son discuss performing stunts in Queen Latifah's filmat Mosaec.com
