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A 2006 Gender Flipped (and Race Lifted) remake of the 1950 film.
Quiet department store employee Georgia Byrd (Queen Latifah) receives a devastating diagnosis after a bump on the head sends her to the doctor. Deciding to take charge, Georgia spends her life savings on a dream vacation in the Czech Republic at the luxurious Grandhotel Pupp. While taking in all the wonders her trip has to offer, Georgia starts to spread her new-found zest for life to the colorful high-profile guests.
Last Holiday provides examples of:[]
- An Aesop
- Back to School: Ms. Burns would lose her job and have to go back to college if she left Kragen. She does eventually leave him and go to law school.
- The Beautiful Elite: The hotel guests.
- The Cameo: Emeril Lagasse.
- Do Not Go Gentle
- Do They Know It's Christmas Time?: Subverted. For the title being Last Holiday, the setting near Christmas, and Georgia praying frequently, there is surprisingly little reference to Christmas.
- Double Aesop: Even more than a double, nearly every single character learns a lesson about appreciating life by the end of the film.
- The End Is Nigh: Georgia is told she only has a few weeks left to live.
- For Happiness
- Good Is Not Dumb: Georgia might seem naïve but she is a very good saleswoman and gives some solid advice to other characters. Despite all of Kragen’s attempts to humiliate her, Georgia is usually one step ahead of him.
- Heel Face Turn: Miss Gunther. Kragen hires her to spy on Georgia but she befriends Georgia and refuses to give him any information after finding out Georgia is dying.
- Impossibly Delicious Food: Chef Didier’s gourmet meals look incredibly appetizing.
- Interrupted Suicide: Georgia talks Kragen out of jumping off the ledge of the hotel. The whole scene is Played for Laughs.
- Iron Lady: Miss Gunther
- Jerkass: Matthew Kragen, who looks for any opportunity to compete with Georgia. Mr. Adamian, Georgia’s boss, also qualifies.
- Like You Were Dying: Georgia travels to Europe and tries dozens of new things because of this trope.
- Mistaken for Dying: Georgia was given the wrong diagnosis because of a faulty machine. She was never actually dying.
- The Mistress: Ms. Burns to Kragen. She is ridiculed and scorned for it at work but holds out hope Kragen will leave his wife for her.
- Money to Throw Away: Georgia, while supposedly not having enough money to afford an operation, stays in a lavish hotel suite for $4,000 per night. Not to mention she pays for a first class flight, a helicopter ride, a full spa treatment, a new high-fashion wardrobe, and more.
- If this troper is not mistaken, the operation would have been a great deal more than she could afford, even after she cashes in the savings bonds or whatever it was.
- Onion Tears: Chef Didier discovers Georgia is dying and uses the fact that he is chopping onions as an excuse for crying.
- Penny Among Diamonds: Georgia lives the high life in Europe despite not being as wealthy as the other guests.
- Princess for a Day: Longer than a day, but it still fits.
- Snowed In: The reason why Georgia can’t leave the hotel after deciding she wants to die at home.
- Supreme Chef: Georgia’s idol Chef Didier. Georgia herself by the end of the film.
- Through His Stomach: Georgia impresses Sean with her cooking skills.