We have another holiday movie in store for us this year with the film The Perfect holiday featuring an all-star cast including Queen Latifah, Terrence Howard, Gabrielle Union, and Morris Chestnut.
“The Perfect Holiday” tells the story of Nancy (Union), a single mother of three who falls for Benjamin (Chestnut), a talented but struggling songwriter who is working part-time at the mall being Santa Claus. Trouble comes when her children plot bring down their Mom’s new boyfriend in the hopes that she will return to their father – rapper J-Jizzy (played by Charles Murphy )
Directed by Lance Rivera (“The Cookout”), the film also starring Katt Williams and Jill Marie Jones will hit theaters December 12th. See the trailer above along with the poster and movie stills after the cut…
This should be interesting…I don’t see BOX OFFICE SMASH HIT or anything but nice to see a more constant flow w/ the black movies premiering!
I don’t know it seems as though this is another version of “Are We There Yet.” How many movies have Gabby and Morris done together?
I love love love Gabby and Morris. They have such on screen chemistry together!! I’ll be checkin this one out fo show.
That’s exactly what I was thinking @ #2.
Its a cute looking movie. I will definitely go and see it. Gabby is fine as always…..and whats up with the rerun hats Morris is rockin in the movie??? I dont know about that one.
I HATEEEE Gabrielle Union!!! She just does not know how to act! Every role is the same!!! I’ll still probaby see it tho
I don’t know about this one…it’s just doesn’t make me wanna go spend my $7.50. They do cast Gabriel and Morris together alot. There’s kind of a shortage of black actresses and actors. If they need a new actor to cast with her then I’m your man, I don’t mind kissing her. We gonna do about 50 takes though cause I want it to be perfect lol.
It look like it will be pretty good. I will go see it with the family.
I love these actors but there are SO many more black folks in America. I think it’s time we widen the black actors pool, because umm Gabby and Morris is tired to me.
I AM SO TIRED OF UNION AND CHESTNUT CAN WE GET SUM NEW ACTORS PLZ….
AND UNION AS A MOTHER OF THREE IS NOT BELIEVABLE AT ALL
AND THAT CHICK FROM HALF AND HALF LOOKS SO OUT OF PLACE N A BLACK MOVIE….LOL
OTHER THAN DAT IT LOOKS FINE…THEY SHOULD HAVE PICKED BETTER LEADS B/C EVERY ONE ELSE IS STR8
ILL BOOTLEGG IT…I RATHER PAY FOR THE CHRIS BROWN JOINT
Can we get a different movie I feel with black films Im seeing the same film over and over with the exception of Tyler Perry films and Dreamgirls. Think of new plots, new actors, and stop remaking movies that were done in the late 1990s early 2000 era…we can do better!
i’ll rather watch this movie than “this christmas” with wack ass chris brown and lauren london
Boring. Can we get some grown-up movies?
Not the kind of movie I like to see blacks in- no substance or quality. I understand these actors need to be paid and that there’s a shortage of roles for black actors but DAMN!- this movie???!! Idk, I can see my listserv group labeling this one as another “coonfest” flick. I think I’ll catch this one when USA, TBS or TNT picks it up.
I HATE Lance Rivera’s idea of black comedy. Guess these actors just couldn’t hold out for better roles to come along- SAD!
My favourite on-screen couple (Gabrielle and Morris) are back together. I’m looking forward to it, I’m definitely gonna see this one. It looks like a nice, feel-good Xmas movie.
Seriously I hate Gabrielle Union as an actress. She seems to be casted in the same successful black woman roles but to be in this? I dont think she will be believeable simply because she’s always type casted. Her roles in the past always called for the “sarcastic smart witty” humor which is not funny (for her) anymore. In my opinion, she needs to get bigger substantial roles. Also, this really sounds like another ” Are We There Yet? ” where the kids are trying to get rid of Mom’s new boyfriend so she can get back with their father in the midst of typical funny antics. BORRRING…the plot is very predictable. Last but not least, I love Terrence Howard as an actor but sometimes I feel like hes the black version of Clive Owen, Jude Law, and Scarlett Johansson. Its good to develop your acting skills but it can also hurt your career when you are casted in every movie. Maybe its just me but I feel like I’ve seen him way too much with black oriented films.
I don’t think I am paying my 9.50 to see this…
I;m all for supporting black movies but…..
There are alot of talented black actors and actresses out there but they insist on using the same 5 ones? Gabriel and Morris have either been together or married at least 5 or 6 times in a movie. Thats soooo overkill. The characters they play are becoming irrelevant due to their overexposure. Who remembers the name of the last character Denzel played? We dont..becauase it was that “New Denzel Movie” and nothing else
I’m looking forward to seeing Katt Williams….and thats about it.
I’ll see it. I will always support decent, family friendly Black movies box office smashes or not.
This movie is going to suck. It’s either they’re saving all the good clips when the movie comes out or they’re just showing you all the bad clips just in case purposes.
Gabrielle Union is not believable playing mother of three. She needs to fire her publicist, her stylist and even her manager.
I am not sure about this movie maybe I’ll get wait for the dvd
Yea, Gabby is not believable with the 3 kids role…at all!
I see we’ve moved on from hair salons and now to christmas time. I’m sure 5 more ofcf these babies are coming out with probably the same actors. It should not be this bad for black hollywood that we constantly have to repeat the same movie over and over i.e. weddings(the wood/the brothers/best man), hair salon(beauty shop, the salon, nora’s hair salon) need i say more.A little more creativity.
I am defintley lookin forward to seeing this movie cuz I love me some Morris Chestnut he’s so fly chocolatey and sexy n it’s nice to see him playing in family movies. I also like Gabby too I agree those two have major chemistry they’ve been in so many movies. I can’t wait to see it, it looks like it’s gonna be good n I hope it does well at the box office
I’ll see it. Its nice to get in the spirit with…
Looks like it will be funny and good for a family outing to the movies………why is Faison Love putting on that fat suit? As if he needs it, funny!
TONI finally got an acting gig…..besides from the alcohol commercial where she is holding her stomach looking just a tad bit preggie…how suitable! LOL
naw..I love her tho
TONI CHILDS!!!!!!
Tomfoolery… but I’ll check it out. Isn’t this “Is Christmas Here Yet” (Are We There Yet/ Are We Done Yet?) Just asking…
Glad Toni Childs (Jill Jones) is back though!
i really wish some of these movies would come to the theaters where i live. but no black movies ever come here… not “ray”, “dreamgirls”, none of the tyler perry movies.
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GLAD TO SEE TONI CHILDS(JILL MARIE JONES ) WORKING AS WELL AS THE CHICK FROM HALF& HALF!!!!
NOW YES AS SOMEONE HAS STATED CAN’T SEE GABBY PLAYING A ROLE WHERE SHE HAS 3 KIDS. MORRIS AND GABBY DO HAVE GOOD CHEMISTRY I LIKE THE THE TWO OF THEM ON SCREEN!
I’LL PROBABLY GO SEE THIS MOVIE JUST BEACUSE OF THE BLACK CAST .
Ummm…. I’ll pass…
Sorry, I’ll be seeing I am Legend with Will Smith they come out the same day.I’ll be seeing this Christmas though. THere are a lot of movies with different Black actors they are just not in all Black Movies. Gabrielle Union is NOT a good actress at all.
Just like Christmas Soul Food or whatever its called (the one with Chris Brown), I will see it simply to support the all-black cast, but I don’t expect anything but a few laughs, one or two smile crackers, and something to take up my time on a Friday night.
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I saw the previews of this movie this weekend. It looks like it will be something worth seeing. Do I think that it will be a #1 box office movie…………. Nah! But I will go and see it. It looks like it will follow the lines of the movie “Soul Food”! I just hate to see black movies with 20-30 people starring! That drives me crazy!
Union & Chestnet = C Movie at best. All they need to do is throw in Meagan Good to guarantee a flop. I dunno, I think I’m gonna wait for this one to go to dvd. With this cast of actors it should be in a good 3 months after it hit the theathers.
I don’t care if you are black and that does not give you a pass for puttting out garbage. Black people are INTELLIGENT and shouldn’t be bitting each other or LOWERING STANDARDS just cause “they are black”. Swear the perfect christmas reminds me of “Daddy’s Little Girls” and “Are we there yet” wrapped in one movie. Yes white people bite off other directors but that don’t make it right.
Also did Cl say that there is a movie called could the cookout coming with Kat williams. Didn’t a movie with that title already come out like 4 yrs ago starring Meagan Good and Ja Rule and Styles P and Eve. SMMFH.
#41 uh did you read this is from the SAME director as the Cookout.
^^^^say what you want you didn’t dispute that fact that the movie premise is the same as other black movies we have seen. The only black movie that is worth seeing now is TP Why did I get married. Even thought that movie was a little ghetto, it was touching.
I think I’ll definitely wait for the television version-this somehow doesn’t give me the same anticipation as Why did I get married..although that was worth every penny of the $10.50 that i spent seeing it on opening night-
and to #7: where do you live where movies are $7.50? lol!!
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I agree with most of the Gabby Union comments. I feel like she’s always playin the SAME EXACT roles. And movie to movie, it’s not like they get any better because they all be havin the same damn concept. It’s the same thing as Morris Chestnut– like why can’t he do some action movies, I mean SERIOUS action movies, his ass is always playin the so-called “Romeo” of the film. Ish is gettin’ played out…
If this movie is anything like “Why Did I Get Married” then it may have a shot then it may have a shot but other than that, they might as well put this straight to DVD..
Wasn’t it funny how Lauren London kept promo’n the movie during the Hip-Hop Awards???
@ 44 I live in Kentucky…I havent been to the movies in a few month so it might have increased but I know it’s no more than$ 8.50
I saw the trailer for this over the weekend. I was like not Gabby and Morris together again. I need Gabby to play a different type of role where she is some independent sister falling in love with some great guy. I am tired of seeing her in that role. I liked when she was in Bad Boys 2. She is going to be type cast if she does not get more versatility in her roles.
Okay okay okay I just saw the movie trailor.
The movie didn’t add up.
I’m glad they had Gab and the kids up in the mansion and not in the projects, but why is her kids still looking and acting ghetto. How does a woman in the suburbs fall for a mall Santa-well she doesn’t know he is a mall Santa. When I moved to the burbs you hood nicca’s can kiss my ass.lol I’m a do what MEN do when they make it big, trade old girl in for a upgrade. Last, I do not like Morris Chestnut bald, noooooooooo, he is a beautiful man I don’t know what happened. Why was Queen Latifah looking like Janice Combs in the platinum blonde wig. This director needs to go back to the drawing board and find a good project to green light. I’m all for Blacks working but come on………?
Nah….I’ll have to pass on this movie..I’ll just put it on my netflix queue because its coming out on video quick anyway. I’m sorry yall I just think this movie is gonna be wack as hell. I’m all for supporting black movies.
@7
7.50 for a movie !! Damn thats a deal!!!
SHIT I AINT WASTIN NO CLOSE 2 $10 2 SEE DIS HELL NAW ILL JUST WAIT 4 DA DVD…………..BUT SHIT I SURE DID SPEND MY MONEY 2 GO SEE DAT NEW BEN AFFLECK MOVIE EIT HIS BROTHER AND DAT SHIT WAS WORTH IT BEST BEN AFFLECK MOVIE EVER…………..YALL SHOULD GO SEE DAT N DAT NEW CHRIS BROWN MOVIE SUK AINT NO USE OF ME SEEIN DAT………..WHEN HOLLYWOOD START MAKIN BETTA BLACK MOVIE LIKE ROOT N DA COLOR PURPLE DEN ILL SUPPORT YA ASSES BUT IF IT CONTINUE WIT DA SAME SHIT 1 WORD 4 YA DVD
I LOVE Gabrielle and Morris 2gether
But I want to know why they feel they must always cast them together? It could have been Gabrielle and Terrence. It seems that Gabrielle had her share of black actors – Will Smith, Idris Elba LL Cool J, etc. but anytime Morris comes back to do a “BLACK COMEDY MOVIE”(not the bullshit horror movies he’s been doing lately) he ends up with Gabrielle, nobody but Gabrielle. I’m beginning to think he is doing this on purpose LOL
This is a movie that you can watch with your children – BY the way I still Love Gabby and Morris Together – I’m a Fan of their chemistry
Gabby did one movie different than what she usually does and it was Neo Ned. It kind of reminded people of Monster’s ball
I read an interview and Gabrielle said she loves doing comedies so….
I guess TERRENCE HOWARD was trying to talk to GABRIELLE UNION on the set of this movie and she wasnt having it LOL
And why isnt GABRIELLE UNION believeable as a mother of 3??? DOnt not tell me its because she has a good figure lol
I’m happy to see black movies getting made, is better than nothing being made at all
Well if it’s anything like “The Cookout” I think i’ll pass…does sound a lot like “Are we there yet??”
I think I’m going to wait til this movie comes out on dvd. I will go see the one with Chris Brown and Lauren London though.
(YAWN) Black movies are alllllll the same. Even TP’s Why Did I get Married, was nothing more then a cookie cutter of his other films. Since TP likes to flaunt the fact that his movies are produced, written, and starring him, why doesn’t he take the intiative as a powerful black film maker and produce films with some substance and not just his typical ONE dimensional characters. If black actors want to be cast in good rolls we are going to have to step up people and produce things of substance and not just films that perpetuate us as stereotypes. Black audiences are HUNGRY for quality black cinema….there is a VOID, unfortunately that void is being filled by films like Why Did I Get Married, which is why it was number #1 at the box office. It would seem that studios would realize there is a market for black films…can we see something FRESH and different PLEASE!?
Gabby, Morris, Queen Latifah, Kat, Terrence, Falzon Love and Tony from (Girlfriends) That’s one hell of a cast…I wanna see this movie, looks interesting!