Union, who's as impossibly beautiful as Chestnut is good looking, fares better here.

| Original Score: 2.5/4.0 | Sep 19, 2020

Not just a film that I would I take all of my nephews to see, but one that would bring a smile to my grandmother's face were she here watching it, The Perfect Holiday is the perfect holiday film.

| Nov 14, 2019

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 17, 2011

Love eventually conquers all, as expected, but not before we're forced to sit through a nearly endless parade of clichs, unfunny jokes, and empty drama.

| Original Score: 3/10 | Sep 8, 2008

Christmas fable is cute and tame, but unoriginal.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 16, 2008

Queen Latifah and Terrence Howard just show up enough in The Perfect Holiday to either pick up a paycheck or return some kind of mysterious unpaid debt to writer-director Lance Rivera.

| Mar 17, 2008

"The Perfect Holiday" isn't perfect. But it does contain moments of merriment.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Feb 9, 2008

Bad Santa! No cookie!

| Original Score: 2/4 | Feb 1, 2008

I'd rather watch 90 minutes of a flickering yule log video than sit through this overcooked Christmas goose again.

Full Review | Dec 17, 2007

It's deplorable that these two stars have been reduced to appearing in such garbage.

| Original Score: 1/5 | Dec 17, 2007

Perfect Holiday is far from an offensive effort. It's just pathetic and forgettable, and when it comes to Christmas cheer, mediocrity should never be left under the tree.

| Original Score: D+ | Dec 16, 2007

There's just no cynicism in this whole story. As if a woman knows how to take a compliment. But this movie allows you to suspend disbelief and buy into a woman who can say thank you.

| Dec 16, 2007

The movie's reach extends beyond it's grasp.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 15, 2007

[A] wretched yuletide comedy.

| Dec 14, 2007

If tickets to this yuletide dreck are hiding in your stocking, you'd be better off with a lump of coal.

| Dec 14, 2007

In one scene, Terrence Howard kneels in a pair of shoes like Tim Conway in a 'Dorf on Golf' video, licks a lollipop and utters this line: 'I gotta go dookie.' I hope they paid him well.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Dec 14, 2007

...a clumsy mess of silly contrivances and musty sight gags...

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Dec 14, 2007

There's no rush to see this disappointing excuse for a holiday film.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/4 | Dec 14, 2007

| Original Score: 1/4 | Dec 14, 2007

Belying its title, the film does little to inspire good cheer toward its various imperfections. Maybe I should find Santa and ask for better films. You'll certainly wish I had if you're unfortunate enough to sit through this 'gift.'

| Original Score: 3/10 | Dec 13, 2007