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| Genres: | Ot |
| Starring: | Pat Morita, Michael Gregory, Chris Lemmon, Nick Mancuso, Felicity Waterman, Michael Sarrazin, Susan Anton |
| Director(s): | Michael Keusch |
| Country: | USA |
| Year: | 1991 |
| IMDB Rating: | 5.1 |
Soon after the fall of the Berlin Wall, Lena, from the former East Germany, plans a trip to Hollywood. She has planned her itinerary to the minute, but when her bag is switched at the airport and she looses the name of her hotel, all her plans are thrown into chaos, and she finds herself in the middle of a typical Hollywood suspense plot. A friendly cab driver tries to help out, but doesnt believe bad guys are really after her.
Visitor Reviews: (8)Amy Adler 17 May 2012
Lena (Felicity Waterman) lives in East Germany, a country justliberated because of the fall of the Berlin Wall. A James Dean fan, shecomes to California to visit the Hollywood scene in Los Angeles.However, she first lands in East Los Angeles, in a pretty direneighborhood. Once she finds the genuine movie making neighborhood, sherests content. But, not for long! Her traveling baggage is mixed upwith another woman's, a lady who turns up dead. Lena turns to erstwhilecab driver, Mike (Chris Lemmon) for help in the ensuing and dangeroussituations that come her way. Will Lena really have a rest-and-relaxation vacation in LaLa Land? The two stars, Waterman andLemmon, make this movie palatable. They are attractive and comedicallygifted. The script is one of the been there, done that type, however,with little coherence at times. Conversely, the sunny scenery andcostumes add to a pleasant viewing. If you are a romcom fan and wouldclimb mountains for a nice kiss or two, you will be happy you took achance with this film. Everyone else would probably be a bit bored andswitch to E.R. reruns.
William Shackleford 16 May 2012
My wife (a former East German) happened to tape this off the Romancechannel, and we watched it together later. We had never heard of themovie,and doubt if it ever played in theaters here. The situations were veryfunnyand romantic, and the lead actress' East German accent and mannerisms areright on the mark. We had just been visited by a young (21) East Germanniece of my wife with many similarities to the heroine. We were bothamazedto find she is played by an English actress, Felicity Waterman. I wouldliketo see more of her movies. She is perfect in this one. I enjoyed it asmuchas any movie I've seen in the past year.
Pepper Anne 08 May 2012
With the fall of the Berlin wall, East German, Lena (FelicityWaterman)goes on holiday in California. Except, only tours Los Angeles,and Lena is having the worst vacation, as nothing seems to go asplanned; she learns that reservations she made for a hotel turned outto be phony, a cab driver rips her off, and worst of all, her luggagehas conveniently been switched with that of a lady who suddenly windsup dead. Although, this is understandable, considering how gullibleLena is. You'd think she was new to the planet the way she fell for onestupid scam after the next.Only the scams look good when compared to the fact that she is beingpursued by hoods who have been watching her. When the dead lady's bagdoesn't contain what they want, they go after Lena, knowing she has thesame bag and was the last to see the other lady alive. They figure thatshe is in on the deal. Things seem to turn around when Lenaunexpectedly befriends a fast-talking cab driver named Mike (ChrisLemmon as a sometimes arrogant, sometimes sincere guy), who helps herin sporadically timed moments of emergency.'Lena's Holiday' is more of a dreamy love story and a comedysurrounding a vacation nightmare (but pretty soon only just love thestory) than it is a caper, which you're only reminded off at certainconvenient moments in the movie. I would say it is about 70% lovestory, 20% comedy about Lena's disastrous holiday misadventures (whichis pretty much the entire intro), and 10% caper. It is still anenjoyable comedy, nonetheless.
07 May 2012
As you should gather by now, the reason to see this movie, is to see the lovely Felicity Waterman. A stunning beauty. I found this included in a 12 movie set called, "Big Screen Bombshells", Quite a bargain. (Amazon, $ 5.00) She sure had me fooled. I was positive that she was really German. I knew a young German girl and Felicity had it spot on. That's called good acting.
07 May 2012
This is a cute movie that is entertaining enough to keep your interest, but not one that ranks among the great romantic comedies of our time. There are a number of lesser-known bit actors in it (how long has it been since you've seen Bill Dana in anything?), and Nick Mancuso is clearly enjoying himself as he overacts playing the lecherous, famous, and rich Hollywood photographer. But the beautiful Felicity Waterman steals the movie with her charismatic charm. I'm surprised she hasn't become a more famous actress, as her presence lights up every scene (even if her fake German accent gets annoying after a while). The widescreen transfer to DVD is decent, but not great. This movie is worth a viewing, and you may fall for Felicity Waterman, as I have, but it probably isn't one you'll add to your collection.
07 May 2012
This review is from: Lena's Holiday (DVD) Released in '90 'Lena's Holiday' is a unchallenging but well-intentioned, mildly entertaining film. Predictable storyline, plodding script and no surprises at the end. However what it does have and the reason why it receives a 3 star rating is solely for the presence of the exceedingly lovely Felicity Waterman as Lena Jung. Who could resist falling in love with this naive, vulernable beauty with the cute accent who finds herself all alone in Hollywood with the wrong suitcase and a couple of murderers in hot pursuit. Also starring Chris Lemmon (Jack's son) as Lena's love interest. His physical resemblance, mannerisms and voice are so like his Father it's spooky.Make no mistake about it, if you watch this film to its conclusion it's because you, like me, have fallen completely in love with Lena.
02 May 2012
There's only 1 thing to view in this movie, her perfect and beautiful body. Don't you think so?
vegasniceguy-1 02 May 2012
I enjoyed the movie, partially because I was in rapture with FelicityWaterman. She is very attractive and did an excellent job portraying anaive East German girl coming to visit Hollywood. I even believed shewas European, her accent seemed that good. Also thought Chris Lemmon was good in his role. While obviously no wayhe could match his father's career, was surprised he didn't have alarger career. Seems like a very likable guy. Some excitement, somelaughs, some love. I enjoyed the movie, would watch it again, even ifonly to see Ms. Waterman in that short dress. Somebody involved increating this movie definitely had a thing for James Dean.