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Holiday Heart
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Overview

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6.8/10   400 votes
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Director:
Robert Townsend
Writers (WGA):
Cheryl L. West (teleplay)
Cheryl L. West (play)
Contact:
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Release Date:
10 December 2000 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
A drag queen faces his toughest act ever. Fatherhood. more
Plot:
A drag queen takes in a drug addict and her daughter and helps raise the daughter. | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 6 nominations more
NewsDesk:
Four Christmases? We Should Be So Lucky!
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User Comments:
A very sweet film. more (22 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Ving Rhames ... Holiday Heart

Alfre Woodard ... Wanda
Jesika Reynolds ... Niki (as Jessika Quynn Reynolds)

Mykelti Williamson ... Silas
Johnathan Wesley Wallace ... Jambalaya Blue (as Johnathan Wallace)

Phil Hayes ... Sergeant (as Philip Maurice Hayes)
Blu Mankuma ... Pastor Henry

Lorena Gale ... Mrs. Owens
James Kidnie ... Penthouse M.C.

Benz Antoine ... Fisher
Guy Fauchon ... Travel Agent Dan

Ron Selmour ... LT (as Ronald Selmour)
Patricia Idlette ... Mrs. Walker
Mary Antonini ... Sarah

Emy Aneke ... Ricky
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for language and drug content.
Runtime:
100 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.33 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
Canada:14A (Canadian Home Video rating) | Australia:M | USA:R
Company:
MGM Television more

Fun Stuff

Goofs:
Continuity: Nikki's shoes change from sneakers to boots during the scenes in which she first meets Holiday and when he takes them to his house. more
Quotes:
Niki: [notices Holiday's piano] See, Mama. Look, it ain't portable.
Wanda: Isn't portable. I'm trying to get her to use correct grammar.
Holiday Heart: Oh, that's very nice. Well, I hope I say this with correct grammar, but Sister Girl, this food sure don't look appetizing.
Wanda: It's all beige, isn't it?
Holiday Heart: Well, let's just put it this way. Holiday can burn, so let's say from here on out I do all the cooking, okay?
[hands over plate]
Holiday Heart: What is it anyway?
Wanda: I don't know.
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Movie Connections:
Features Imitation of Life (1959) more
Soundtrack:
I Love the Nightlife more

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2 out of 4 people found the following comment useful.
A very sweet film., 17 May 2004
Author: Patrick Hallisy (beatleslm1974) from Martinez, Ga

Holiday Heart is a very heart-wrenching drama about a Drag-queen played beautifully by Ving Rhames and a crack addict mother and her young daughter. Ving loves the little girl as a father and tried to protect her. But soon the little girl's mother gets a boyfriend who sells drugs and her mother starts doing more crack and disappearing for days. Ving tries to help the little girl and her mother but things get very complicated when the girl's mother owes money to the druggies. Fantastic family film that will make you laugh and cry. This sensational film gives you a sense of happiness and is highly entertaining. Watch this with your family and watch it again and again. ****stars

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