Tepid sales clerk Georgia Byrd dreams of an exciting and fulfilling life, but doesn't indulge her dreams. Then when she's diagnosed with a terminal illness, she decides to live it up after all and splurges on the holiday of a lifetime.
I love this film because it's about a woman following her dreams. Granted, it takes a dire and very pressing deadline to motivate her, but she follows them nonetheless.
Georgia (played by the classy Queen Latifah) doesn't mope or give in to depression over her fate, but liquidates her assets and heads to Europe. She checks into the Presidential Suite, orders every haute cuisine dish on the menu and sets off to try some of those things she didn't dare do when she wasn't faced with an imminent Deadline of Death.
As part of her well-deserved self-indulgence, she doesn't pander to the influences of others.
The message I took from this film was that one must take care of one's dreams first. Georgia sacrificed her own happiness for so long. It's refreshing to see her pleasing herself without a shred of guilt. This is not to say that she neglected anyone else. Her heart was just as big for them as it was for herself. Her attitude was more, "I care for myself. You should care for yourself too." She wasn't out for selfish purposes, nor was she trying to win/buy others' opinions.
Her message: Let happiness be. Don't deny it for reasons that aren't as important as you think.
Something else I liked: the romantic element of the story was not the main plot. It was a pleasant side plot that served to illustrate that a woman doesn't necessarily need a man to be happy in life, but that happiness in a relationship can come when a woman is first and foremost secure within herself.
A wonderful remake of a 1950's film of the same name starring Alec Guinness.
Recommend you get your hot little mitts on this one. Put a hold on Last Holiday through the Webopac today!
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