Young Emily senses that her mother is unhappy and has a plan to help. One day at the mall Emily climbs up on Santa's lap and tells him her wish. The wish is to find a nice single man and have him approach her mother and pay her a compliment. Santa (who is really Benjamin) decides this is his chance to find romance and grant Emily her wish by approaching Nancy himself.
The plot contains many sitcom-style situations with the usual romantic complications, and it gives Gabrielle Union a place in which to shine. Her performances in every film I have seen her in are great. She seems to have a natural beauty that explodes on the screen. The chemistry between her and Morris Chestnut is perfect. The humor is intermittent, mostly from comedians Charlie Murphy, who plays the egotistical rapper, and Katt Williams, who portrays his angry record producer. Charlie Murphy's character is quite funny in spite of his "bad Dad" aspects. I expected more dialogue from Queen Latifah and Terrence Howard, but their characters are there only to walk the audience through the story. I enjoyed the exceptionally good performances by supporting cast members Faizon Love, Jill Marie Jones, and Rachel True as friends of Benjamin and Nancy.
This is a film with a lot of holiday cheer.
Directed by: Lance Rivera
Running time: 96 minutes
Release date: December 12, 2007
Genre: Comedy, Romance and Fantasy
Distributor: Yari Film Group
MPAA Rating: PG
Article comments
1 - olivio
did we see the same movie?