Movie Review

The Perfect Holiday (2007)

Reviewed by Whitney Pastorek | Dec 12, 2007

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EW's GRADE

B-

Details Release Date: Dec 12, 2007; Rated: PG; Length: 96 Minutes; Genre: Kids & Family; With: Morris Chestnut and Queen Latifah

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LATIFAH, HUMBUG The Perfect Holiday gives the Queen an extraneous narrator's role for star power, but the family romance stands on its own

In The Perfect Holiday, Benjamin (Morris Chestnut) is a struggling songwriter and part-time mall Santa; Nancy (the ever-winning Gabrielle Union) is a divorcée whose daughter asks Santa to bring Mom a man. Will they find love for Christmas? Well, duh. So why throw in a bizarre device involving Queen Latifah as a narrating angel and a creepy, sallow Terrence Howard as her adversary? Their A-list names 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. B-

Originally posted Dec 12, 2007 Published in issue #970 Dec 21, 2007 Order article reprints

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