Scanialara You won't be disappointed!

GamerTab That was an excellent one.

Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

Geraldine The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Rich Wright 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

candyies11 I saw this movie last night. I was getting ready to go out yesterday when I started watching it. I was so much into the movie that before I left the hous. I had to tivo it to watch when I got back home. It was a really really good movie. I thought the cast were all brilliant and the script was good as well. I was shocked when my husband sat down to watch it as well. He's not into dramatic movies but he actually said that the acting was pretty good and believable. This is definitely one that I would recommend to watch. I was amazed to see Ving Rhames act in this role. He's great. Alfre Woodward as always is excellent. I'm surprised that I did not hear about this movie before.

Yaniv Eidelstein i just had to counter all the positive reviews.first of all, this is not a movie you want to watch with your kids, unless an addict trying to pimp her 12 year old daughter for crack is something you need your kids to see.you should also stay away if you have diabetes. this melodrama is as treacly as they come. i counted four kleenex moments in the first 30 minutes! and it keeps coming thick and hard, with christmas, people tearfully shouting their most intimate secrets at each other, the parent breaking down as the child is reading the heart-wrenching poem in front of the school, etc. thank goodness the obligatory tragic death at the end is instantaneous and doesn't involve a hospital bed scene.the movie's critical of the crack addicted mom for being weak, but where's the criticism against silas, the drug dealer? there isn't any. how's this for a happy tv movie ending? niki ends up in a happy family with her new drug-dealing daddy. but it's ok, because he only sells, never uses. and he's the guy who ruined niki's mom! a slight dilemma there, perhaps? not as far as the filmmakers are concerned.

Lo-Baby 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.