LAST HOLIDAY

In this comedy, a woman learns to love life when she finds out she won't be around long. Georgia Byrd (Queen Latifah) lives in New Orleans, where she works in the cookware department of an upscale gourmet supply shop. While Georgia carries a torch for Sean (LL Cool J), one of her co-workers, she doesn't have the nerve to tell him, and despite her estimable skills in the kitchen, she lives frugally and doesn't put her talent to use. Georgia's good friend Rochelle (Jane Adams) often tells her that life is short and she needs to live a little, but she doesn't pay her much mind until a visit to the doctor reveals that Georgia has a very rare medical condition, and only has three weeks to live. Throwing caution to the wind, Georgia cashes out her life savings and heads to Europe for a last bit of revelry. She checks into a four-star hotel, trades her drab clothes for haute couture, finds herself flirting with a handsome and powerful politician (Giancarlo Esposito), convinces the head of a cooking supplies firm (Timothy Hutton) that she's a high-powered executive from a rival company, and makes friends with a four-star chef (Gérard Depardieu). But when Sean learns the truth about Georgia's condition, he sets out to find her before their chance at romance has passed. Directed by Wayne Wang, Last Holiday is a remake of a 1950 British comedy, which starred Alec Guinness as a salesman with a few weeks to live.

---> what are you going to do if you found out that you only have a few more weeks to live in this world? you cry yourself out? you'd go and tell everyone how much they mean to you? you do crazy things? well, for me, id do exactly what Georgia did in this movie. she has this book of possibilities wherein she wrote/compiled everything she ever wanted to do in her life. from having the man she adores, meeting her favorite chef, staying in at her desired hotel and many many more. its only normal if we have these ambitious dreams. its kind of having a motivation in life or like having a purpose. i was really envious of her after watching this movie cause everything she did was really cool and extravagant and i definitely want that too. its a good movie telling us not to waste a moment in our life, to do the things we want most in life and things that would make us happy. it has a simple storyline but i would say its a worth watching movie. its a little dramatic, funny and uplifting.

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GEORGIA: Next time... we will laugh more, we'll love more; we just won't be so afraid.

[Adamian is making Georgia listen to Kragen's CD]
Kragen'sVoice: Rule One: Life is not a popularity contest, but it is a contest. Boo-hoo, they don't like me. Rule Two: You grab that scared little loser inside you and you beat the living crap out of him. Rule Three: When is enough enough? Enough is *never* enough.
[Georgia takes the CD out and breaks it]