The Perfect Holiday

Resource Information

The work The Perfect Holiday represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in DC Public Library System. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

The Perfect Holiday

Statement of responsibility

Destination Films in association with Flavor Unit Entertainment and Truenorth, a Capital Arts Entertainment production ; produced by Shakim Compere, Queen Latifah, Leifur B. Dagfinnsson ; story by Lance Rivera & Marc Calixte ; written by Lance Rivera & Marc Calixte and Nat Mauldin & Jeff Stein ; directed by Lance Rivera

Contributor

• Capital Arts Entertainment (Firm)
• Destination Films
• Flavor Unit Entertainment (Firm)
• Sony Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm)
• Truenorth Productions
• Bryant, Khail
• Chestnut, Morris
• Compere, Shakim
• Hammond, Malik
• Howard, Terrence
• Love, Faizon
• Mauldin, Nat
• Murphy, Charlie, 1959-2017
• Queen Latifah, 1970-
• Stein, Jeff
• True, Rachel
• Union, Gabrielle
• Williams, Katt

Subject

• African American single mothers
• African American single mothers -- Drama
• Brothers and sisters
• Children of divorced parents
• Children of divorced parents -- United States -- Drama
• Christmas films
• Christmas films
• Comedy -- Feature
• Comedy films
• Comedy films
• DVD-Video discs
• Department store Santas
• Department store Santas -- United States -- Drama
• Drama
• Fantasy films
• Fantasy films
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Fiction films
• Siblings -- United States -- Drama
• United States
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Youth -- Feature

Genre

• Christmas films
• Comedy
• Comedy films
• DVD-Video discs
• Drama
• Fantasy films
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Youth

Language

• eng
• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng

Summary

A single mother is raising her three children after the divorce from her rapper ex-husband. Her oldest son wants his parents to get back together. The youngest daughter would rather see her mom happy and decides to use Santa Claus to get her wish. The kids practically compete to see who will win the war of love

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Original music, Christopher Lennertz ; director of photography, Teodoro Maniaci ; editor, Paul Trejo

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: PG for brief language and some suggestive humor

Language note

• In English, with optional subtitles in English, French, or Spanish
• Closed-captioned

LC call number

PN1995.9.C5113

LC item number

P474438 2008

PerformerNote

Morris Chestnut, Gabrielle Union, Faizon Love, Terrence Howard, Queen Latifah, Charlie Murphy, Katt Williams, Jill Marie Jones, Rachel True, Malik Hammond, Khail Bryant

Runtime

96

Target audience

general

Technique

live action