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Caught this movie on the Black Entertainment Network while

flipping channels. It was a pleasant surprise!!! Entertaining! Funny

and heart tugging all at once.

When a young girl cries for help for her mom who is being beaten

up by her boyfriend, the only one to help is a drag queen--Holiday

Heart-- who packs a punch. He befriends the duo taking them to

his home and they become a family in spite of their differences.

All is well until another man comes along putting a rift between the

mother and Holiday. Then Drugs pull the mom away from the

family.

I found Holiday;s need for a family heartbreaking and truthful--and

it was an incredible portrayal. Also great are Alfre Woodward and

the young girl.

There are a couple of holes in the plot but this story of a drag

queen with a heart of gold really packs an emotional wallop. What

a sleeper. Highly recommended

What a surprise I had when I accidentally came across this movie. I saw Holiday Heart on Logo early one Saturday morning after dropping my partner off at the airport. I was basically killing time! NOT! I began watching the film and I simply couldn't stop! I was hooked after the first ten minutes.

This is really a great little film and I recommend it to everyone. It touches a lot of issues and the setting is so refreshingly different. I also think Ving did a brilliant job playing the main character. I am sure he is glad to have that as part of his CV.

As for the rest of the cast, I thought they all did a great job. It wasn't until later that I remembered where I had seen Mykelty Williams - Boomtown. He played a great supporting role! Its great that Logo is bringing this movie to us and I hope plenty of people get to see it.

A great rental that makes you feel warm inside. This deals with raw issues. Ving plays an excellent role and he is what caught my eye to continue watching it. He is much more handsome in real life. :) But overall, Alfre Woodard works it and the rest of the characters just adds color. it is funny and yet thought provoking. I watched the edited version on TV but would rent the actual copy to not have the edited scenes as i saw on BET. I don't remember this movie getting a lot of publicity but this movie would have the same type of popularity as "The Burning Bed". Don't take my word for it. Check it out for yourself and let me know what you think.

I have watched this film numerous times. I have done so because this movie is wonderful, it teaches honesty, love, understanding and forgiveness. It also places emphasis on how to be a friend and open minded in the time of adversity. This movie is heart warming, sad, happy and very much entertaining. Being different only adds to the mystique of being an individual. This movie teaches us that we must be there when needed and that someone will be there we they are needed. DON'T JUDGE...LISTEN TO WHAT THEIR HEART IS SAYING!!! As Holiday says: "Honey, we all have a story to tell"...and we do.

Listen...Understand...Know!!!

Please take the time to enjoy this wonderful movie!

This is absolutely the very best film that Ving Rames has ever made. His performance was amazing, totally outside of his expected roles. His portrait of a gay drag queen is exquisite. It shows a depth of understanding and empathy which has not been seen is years. His performance is more than deserving of an academy award, not withstandinq that this offering does not qualify for such an award.

Holiday Heart is the tale of Holiday, a talented drag queen and how his life intertwines with the lives of a young girl named Nikki and her mother, who tries to kick a drug habit during the course of the film. Holiday is at first accepted by the mother and child after he saves them from an abusive relationship, only to be rejected by them when a new love enters the mother's life. The new love is a drug dealer, but does not approve of the mother using drugs. She eventually goes back to the drugs and he cuts her loose. After she disappears Holiday has to step back in to help take care of Nikki, which he does, even though he has dreams of getting away to Paris to start a new life since he recently lost the love of his life.

Where do I start with this film? The acting is TOP NOTCH. Ving Rhames, who plays Holiday, gives one of the best performances I have ever seen in my lifetime. Alfre Woodard, who plays the mother, just steals the show though. Her portrayal of an addicted mother is so great that words can do it no justice. It really has to be seen. The child actor turns in an outstanding performance as the child distraught over her mother's problems. I was extremely impressed at how she was so adult in many scenes, due to the fact that such a life will cause a child to grow up very quickly.

I rate this a solid 10 out of 10. One of the greatest films I've ever seen.

I rented this movie on the basis of Alfre Woodard,one of the most under-rated actors in the industry, and I was not disappointed. She is absolutely fabulous as the errant mother. The screen play is extremely realistic and the casting is superb. Ving Rhames is tremendous and Jesika Reynolds is a talented force to be reckoned with. We will see her in many movies to come.

It was a feel good movie, but the ghetto scenes (whores, drugs, violence, crack, etc.) are so real. I know it's a little "touched by an angel" ish, but sometimes that kind of movie just feels good. It gets your attention and never lets you go until the end. Sometimes good folks and children win in this world, if not the battle, the war.

"Holiday Heart" attempts to be a touching lite drama about a burly drag queen who befriends a female druggie and her daughter. Rhames works hard to fit into his character and his dresses and, to his credit, pulls it off. The film in general is a little schmaltzy around the edges, makes obvious efforts to push the viewers buttons for the desired result, and tells a story which beyond the unique premise is unoriginal. Nonetheless, the viewer who sets skeptical analysis aside and goes with the flow may just become pleasantly engrossed in this heart warming tale of strange bedfellows.

I've seen lots of movies with Ms Woodard and not knowingly have seen Mr Rhames in his other movies. Pulp Fiction was way too intense for me and Holiday Heart was something that I decided to watch, but these two actors in this movie are AWESOME!!! Ms Woodard is so convincing as a full-blown, out-there-on-that-end drug user, then to see her as a ghost who needs to finish business on earth in Heart and Soul.......this woman is amazing! And Mr Rhames had me thinking he was indeed a drag queen outside of the movies! Dang, he's good!! One of the best scenes is in the drug store for Nikki and that's all I'm saying!! (Unfortunately, there are women who fit Ms Woodard's striking profile of the drug user and though some do end up as Wanda, many do make it through and become clean and go forward. I hope this was so for the lady who had to live the nightmare with her mother. (If this paragraph has to be removed because it's personal, I understand.))

I happened upon this movie recently while my girlfriend was watching BET. She remembered the movie from her childhood and wanted to give it another viewing for the sake of nostalgia.

I was immediately stunned to see Ving Rhames saucing around in drag. Oh my. I actually thought it was an offbeat comedy of sorts. Apparently, it's not, and that's what totally captivated me.

Every scene is played for sheer drama, and just about every scene had me howling with laughter. I've recommended this to many of my friends who are big fans of MST3K and unintentionally funny movies, in general, and every single one of them has been blown away. It's pure gold.

The movie has a very low-budget, Hallmark or Lifetime Network look and feel. I believe it was probably made for a cable network though because it does have a little bit of strong language. It has some top-shelf talent on-board as well: Ving Rhames, Alfre Woodard, and Mykelti Williamson (doesn't ring a bell? Think "shrimp salad, shrimp and potatoes, shrimp burger, shrimp sandwich")! The young girl, Jesika Reynolds, is beyond cute, and a serviceable enough actress, but just not really charismatic and plays her cues virtually flat. Mykelti actually does a fine job with what he had to work with, but Ving and Alfre and a few other cast members totally make up for it though, just chewing the scenery like Tasmanian Devils at each new scene.

The story is meant to be a very serious drama, and is a very sad tale of drug abuse, physical abuse, parental neglect and even worse. It's just portrayed such a corny, melodramatic and overacted way that I honestly can't see how anyone could take it seriously. I mean, it's got a lot of heart. Just no brains.

I guess tons of copies of this movie aren't around, because DVD copies out there consistently go for around $20+ on Amazon and eBay, but I kept a sharp eye out and finally grabbed one dirt cheap on ebay. The full movie can also be found on YouTube, if you don't mind watching it via the internet.

Some bad movies are just bad and not watchable. This one consistently entertaining at almost every second of its running time. I think about 1.5 or 2.5 stars out of 10 for it's intended purpose. I'd give about 10 Ed Wood flying saucers out 10 for it's unintentional entertainment value.

Upon seeing "Holiday Heart" last night, I was left with a heartwarming feeling. A slightly unusual Christmas tale, but very well done. As in any movie, there were certain parts that were less than realistic (Social Services would've been all over this situation) and I would've liked to have seen a little more development of the relationship between all the characters, but as I usually say, I don't watch movies for reality, I watch them for entertainment or escape. I'll watch A&E, Discovery, and The Learning Channel for reality television.

The always-enjoyable Ving Rhames looked a little uncomfortable portraying a drag queen at first, but was impressively camping it up by the end of the film. There was a fine supporting cast as well, especially the exceptional Alfre Woodard as the mother who struggles with her drug addiction. Jesika Reynolds did a fine job in this role as the heartbroken daughter, and Mykelti Williamson was excellent as usual as Silas. Kudos to Robert Townsend for a lovely and slightly surprising story.

All in all, if you have a chance to watch this movie, I highly recommend it! You've got to give Ving Rhames credit for being in full drag on stage lip-synching "Baby love, my baby love..." Showtime delivers another "No Limits" performance.

I came across this movie last night, I have to say that the movie was excellent. The acting was awesome, the story line was incredible. Two thumbs up for everyone, a job well done. I have 27 years of sobriety and I understand the progression of the addictive disease. Ving Rhames, you played an awesome role, I felt your compassion. Great job. Alfre Woodard, what can I say, you are an incredible actress. Your performance was amazing. I was captivated with your performance and was aww with how you portrayed a drug addict. Jesika Reynolds, as a young actress at that time you were amazing in dealing with a mother of a drug addict. Beautiful performance. This is truly a must see movie on anyone's list.

Sorry, Ving Rhames. You might make a good tough guy... but as a drag queen, you are nothing but a complete EPIC FAIL. So seeing you gyrating your hips, clad in a dress and boogieing on down to The Supremes is uncomfortable to say the least. The worst aspect though, is the rent-a-crowd whooping and hollering his every facile movement. How hard up for entertainment must these guys be, to find this pathetic spectacle enjoyable? And enough to make him rich? Sorry, not in the real world, darl. You wouldn't even make it past the audition stage of America's Got Talent. Those buzzers would be going off faster than 4th of July fireworks.

So you see, this made for TV film has a major credibility issue from the start. Another problem would be the amount of tolerance the church has towards homosexuality... In the rose-tinted view of Holiday Heart, it isn't even raised. But as we know, America is one of the most divided countries regarding gays and Christianity, so the fact it wasn't even brought up at ANY point here makes me smell a rat. Or rather, a cover-up. It's much more interested in pursuing it's stock characters with boring, melodramatic predictability rather than tackle anything of real note.

I could also go into Rhames's role further, as he is a complete pushover who gives up ALL his dreams just so he can look after this junkie and her daughter he's known for five minutes. He also forgives a man who threatens and shouts homophobic abuse at him for months, at the drop of a hat. I'm sorry, but people who take so much punishment without trying to fight back even a bit do not earn my sympathy, but utter contempt. And that stupid camp voice he talks in... Yep, sufficed to say I don't like him in this film. Or indeed, anything else, really.

APART from one scene near the end, when he start beating up a pimp and his heavies. It's completely unbelievable in context. but it did remind me what he was good at. Better stick to action movies, Ving... 3/10

Mr. Rhames you are a hunk of man meat and a dame good actor. Devious and Delightful preformace from him as a drag queen with a heart of gold.💋

He did this movie around the time he did Rosewood . The contrast proves how versatile an actor he is . Very underutilized .

I saw this years ago, UNCUT, without the hundreds of commercials that are on BET! It is an excellent movie, with stellar performances by Ving and Alfre. Do youself a favor and get the REAL version, you will not be disappointed.

When I read the story line of Holiday Heart and discovered Ving Rhames played a drag queen, I thought "I gotta see this!",

After all, he is a big, burly ,mans man; with a big burly man's body (Pulp Fiction, Baby Boy: in this, fully nude butt shot! extremely hot body!). This would be such a huge departure from the roles he usually plays.

I could not wait to see if he would be able to pull it off. Well, pull it off he did; and excellently I might add.

Great movie, great story and great acting.

As usual, Alfre Woodard does not disappoint.

A must see even if it is just to see Ving lip sync "baby love".

Holiday Heart (2000) is a movie I recently watched Tubi. The storyline follows a drag queen with his own tragic story that encounters a recovering crack addict and the addict's pre-teen daughter. The drag queen helps her with her circumstances, gives her a place to live and sets her up with a job. When the addict falls for a man similar to the ones from her troubled past, her new friend tries to keep her from causing her new life to spiral out of control.

This movie is directed by Robert Townsend (BAPS) and stars Ving Rhames (Pulp Fiction), Alfre Woodard (Annabelle), Mykelti Williamson (Forest Gump), Mary Antonini (A Christmas Mission), Blu Mankuma (Robocop) and Benz Antoine (Death Race).

Ving Rhames is absolutely awesome in this movie and delivers a unique and unreal performance. Woodard's performance was up and down but she delivers her character's evolution to perfection. The writing and script was also uneven with some scene and circumstances awkward and others outstanding, but the overall premise is good and worthwhile.

Overall this is a very smart and unique picture that isn't perfect but is worth a viewing. I would score this a 7.5/10 and recommend seeing it once.

Remember Lou Reed's classic "Walk on the Wild Side"? Ving Rhames' portrayal of a gay female impersonator reminded me of that song.

It was fun to have a movie take us into the life of a character who is so different than the characters usually played by the male lead.

The opening scenes of the funeral service for Ving's lover/domestic partner are tragic comic. I laughed out loud but got a lump in my throat at the same time.

Alfre Woodard is great as a hopelessly drug addicted mother. I felt anger, disgust, and sympathy for her character.

The previous "review" was incorrect on so many levels. First and foremost, the child is a GIRL. I tend to believe the "critic" had not actually seen the movie. Ving Rhames proved his range on this one and believe it or not, he made a pretty good drag queen. The story line was good and the acting was great. Holiday's history was handled tastefully and realistically. I loved the character and got wrapped up in it even though it was chopped up for broadcast television and a lot of the language was bleeped out. Not sure who the censors were but they were button happy that day! Alfre Woodard is always a pro and her portrayal of a crack addict was on the mark. She really shines in this role.

I have watched this show twice now and I must say, this movie is a tragic winner. You know there is some truth to this movie and to see this with such touching acting makes you ache to help someone in trouble. I have known people going through life with just as horrendous times but never having a friend like Holiday Heart. Havin that would have eased their pain. I am happily married with 6 grandchildren and I would love for my son-in-law watch this and realize what drugs can do to a family. Loving someone does not make two yous, it makes 1 us. This movie is very moving and watching it with my wife, who is stricken with colon cancer, this movie made both of us turn and say I Love You at the same time. This movie is one I would love to own.