'Holidays' is a Tired Collection of Christmas Cliches

Montreal Mirror | December 15, 2008

Despite the flatness of the pic, the cast is a veritable who's-who of prized Latino actors including character-actor-turned-headliner John Leguizamo, leather-faced Luis Guzman and household matriarch Elizabeth Pena.

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Tags: Nothing Like the Holidays, Alfredo De Villa

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