2006 · adventure · comedy · drama
Last Holiday
Directed by Wayne Wang1h 52m2006
The discovery that she has a terminal illness prompts introverted department store saleswoman Georgia Byrd to reflect on what she realizes has been an overly cautious life. With weeks to live, she withdraws her life savings, sells all her possessions and jets off to Europe where she lives it up at a posh hotel. Upbeat and passionate, Georgia charms everybody she meets, including renowned Chef Didier. The only one missing from her new life is her longtime crush Sean Williams.
Our read: Last Holiday (2006) reads as a warm, kinetic, inventive adventure · comedy · drama entry — gentle in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Warm, kinetic, gentle adventure / comedy, inventive in texture. Redemptive, mid-stakes, tender.
- warm
- brisk
- gentle
- redemptive
- tender
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