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As a pleasant dose of holiday cheer, The Holiday is a lovable love story with all the Christmas trimmings. In the capable hands of writer-director Nancy Meyers (making her first romantic comedy since Something's Gotta Give), it all begins when two successful yet unhappy women connect through a home-swapping website, and decide to trade houses for the Christmas holiday in a mutual effort to forget their man troubles. Iris (Kate Winslet) is a London-based journalist who lives in a picture-postcard cottage in Surrey, and Amanda (Cameron Diaz) owns a movie-trailer production company (leading her to cutely imagine most of her life as a "coming attraction") and lives in a posh mansion in Beverly Hills. Iris is heartbroken from unrequited love with a cad of a colleague (Rufus Sewell), and Amanda has just broken up with her cheating boyfriend (Edward Burns), so their home-swapping offers mutual downtime to reassess their love lives. This being a Nancy Meyers movie (where everything is fabulously decorated and romantic wish-fulfillment is virtually guaranteed), Amanda hooks up with Iris's charming brother Graham (Jude Law), and Iris is unexpectedly smitten with Miles (Jack Black), a super-nice film composer on the downside of a failing relationship. --Jeff Shannon
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
The Holiday is a great romantic comedy set in two locations; Surrey, England and L.A, USA. When Amanda (Cameron Diaz) breaks up with her cheating boyfriend, she decides she needs to get away from it all so she searches online for 'vaction hotspots'. While trawling through the internet, she comes across a House Exchange, where she meets Iris, a writer for the Times who also wants to get away from it all. The two decide to swap houses for two weeks, so Iris jets off to L.A while Amanda is stuck in Snowy Surrey (albeit fake snow, and rather recognisable fake snow at that).
The film is full of laughs, and all the actors involved put up a good performance. Despite half the movie being set in the snow, it manages to help you forget about your own snow trouble you're currently suffering through. For me personally though, I would have loved to have seen a movie just about Iris' time in L.A.
All in all a definite must have in your movie collection.
The film is full of laughs, and all the actors involved put up a good performance. Despite half the movie being set in the snow, it manages to help you forget about your own snow trouble you're currently suffering through. For me personally though, I would have loved to have seen a movie just about Iris' time in L.A.
All in all a definite must have in your movie collection.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This has to be one of my very favourite films and I am yet to meet someone that does not like it!
The four main characters are brilliant and Jack Black adds just the right amount of comedy to the film
The four main characters are brilliant and Jack Black adds just the right amount of comedy to the film
15 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I cannot recomend this film enough! It's funny, its romanitc and an all round great film. The sound track has something that makes you want to play it all over again. Jude Law, Jack Black and Kate Winslet all gave brilliant performances, Cameron's however, lacked the certain pizaz that she ususally has. But over all, one cracking Christmas film!
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About as bad as it gets
Very predictable and badly acted throughout and about as corny as a movie can get. I had high hopes given that Winslett was in it. One of her worst movies to date unofortunately. Read more
Published 6 days ago by P. Symonds
Perfect!
i love this film and finally got around to get it on blu-ray, definitely worth it! the picture quality is great and the sound is amazing, the packing is also great, i much prefer... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Marco Guzmán
Cracking film!
If you just want to relax and watch a laid back, funny film that has a bit of romance...this is your film. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Becnev90
I messed up by sending an English DVD to USA - or should Amazon have...
My favourite movie of all time but ... the English version that I sent to my "friend" in the USA for Valentine's Day was a waste of time because it will not play there. Read more
Published 2 months ago by bijounaples
The Holiday (DVD)
I chose this DVD because I had seen it on TV and thought that it would be a great film to watch with my husband. I bought it for Valentine's Day.The film is both funny and moving. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Nikki
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Just such a cute film. :D And its a bargain.
I would recommend this to those who love chicfics, and looking for something light hearted :)
I would recommend this to those who love chicfics, and looking for something light hearted :)
Published 3 months ago by Jennah
The Holiday love this film
This item came pretty quickly. I love this film and will watch it lots of times. The price was really good.
Published 3 months ago by Julie
FANTASTIC
This film is fantastic, I enjoyed every second of it. It's a film which I couldn't think anyone could not like. Read more
Published 3 months ago by jwest
brilliant
I was very pleased with the produt, it hardly took ant time to get to me and i love this film so was very happywith my purchase.
Published 3 months ago by lainey
A must have!
Was very impressed by the price of this film and of how quicky it arrived. Packaged perfectly and cannot wait to sit down and watch this tonight! Read more
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