Holidays again

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Movie
German title Holidays again
Original title Last holiday
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2006
length 107 minutes
Age rating FSK 0
Rod
Director Wayne Wang
script Jeffrey Price ,
Peter S. Seaman
production Laurence Mark ,
Jack Rapke
music George Fenton
camera Geoffrey Simpson
cut Deirdre Slevin
occupation

Last Holiday ( Last Holiday ) is an American comedy film from the year 2006 . Directed by Wayne Wang and written by Jeffrey Price and Peter S. Seaman .

action

Georgia Byrd is a clerk in a New Orleans department store . The enthusiastic hobby cook is easily injured in an accident and is medically examined. The attending physician Dr. Gupta finds that she has a brain tumor and has about three weeks to live. Your insurance company is unwilling to cover the cost of the brain surgery.

Georgia wants to talk about her problems with her boss Adamian, but he refuses to listen. The angry woman destroys his cell phone, gives her full opinion and gives up the job. When she leaves the department store, she speaks to her colleague Sean Matthews, who wants to invite her to a basketball game. Although she is in love with him, she refuses and claims she has no time. It occurs to Georgia that in the remaining time she can realize some of her dreams, takes off her savings and flies to Karlovy Vary , where she stays in a luxury hotel and enjoys life. In the high society there, she stands out as a stranger who doesn't mince her words.

Sean is looking for his former colleague. He finds out where she has gone and follows her to Karlsbad. Dr. Gupta finds out that Georgia was examined with a defective device and the diagnosis was wrong and faxes her to the hotel. Georgia and Sean eventually return to New Orleans together to get married and open their own restaurant together.

Reviews

Roger Ebert wrote in the Chicago Sun-Times on January 13, 2006 that the film turned the “ crunchy ” old formula into a comedy that one could love thanks to the “ warmth ” of the leading actress . The " idiotic " plot (" idiot plot ") is based on a series of complicated misunderstandings. The director has a flair for romantic comedies with human dimensions.

The lexicon of international films wrote that the film was a " sappy remake of a comedy from the 1950s, in which the brilliantly presented leading actress brushed aside the tragic aspects and led the film to a happy ending ".

Cinema magazine wrote that the film could not "compete with the original. " The “ slapstick spectacle ” is too oozing “ with kitsch, clichés and clumsy slapstick ”. Only thanks to the leading actress “ does the plea to live every day as if it were the last, but still sweet ”.

Awards

The three nominations for the Teen Choice Award in 2006 included those for Queen Latifah and LL Cool J. Queen Latifah was also nominated for the 2006 Black Movie Award and 2007 the Image Award .

backgrounds

The film is a remake of the 1950 film Vacation Like Never Before, with Alec Guinness in the lead role.

The film was shot in New Orleans , Karlsbad and Tyrol (the ski and snowboard scenes were shot in Zams am Venet ). Its production amounted to an estimated 45 million US dollars . The film grossed approximately $ 38.36 million in US cinemas.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for one more vacation . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , January 2006 (PDF; test number: 105 011 K).
  2. ^ Film review by Roger Ebert, accessed September 4, 2007
  3. ↑ Holidays again in the Lexicon of International FilmsTemplate: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used , accessed on September 4, 2007
  4. ^ Cinema, accessed September 4, 2007
  5. ^ Filming locations for Last Holiday, accessed September 4, 2007
  6. ↑ Box office / business for Last Holiday, accessed September 4, 2007