The Holiday
As a result of relationships gone wrong, strangers Iris (Kate Winslet) and Amanda (Cameron Diaz) find themselves in the same situation; alone and loveless during the festive season. To remedy the situation the two arrange a switch, moving into each others homes across the globe, with the hope that new surroundings will boost their self esteem and offer an opportunity to turn over a new leaf. What they find is the last thing they thought they wanted: men.
- Director:
- Nancy Meyers (Something's Gotta Give, What Women Want)
- Writer:
- Nancy Meyers
- Cast:
- Cameron DiazKate WinsletJude LawJack Black
Reviews & comments
The Best Movie in a Long Time
I went into this movie with hardly any expectations, I thought it might have a few laughs, but otherwise thought it was going to be just another romantic comedy situated around Christmas. I was wrong. The combination of American and British actors and film influences meant you get the best of both worlds. The acting was superb. Extremely fine...
Variety
pressBy now, Nancy Meyers knows exactly what women want --gorgeous locales, even more gorgeous actors, a sentimental love story calculated to make viewers hug themselves and maybe even each other -- and she doubles the formula to generally pleasing but thoroughly unsurprising effect in "The Holiday," a lavishly overstuffed gift basket of a movie...
Hollywood Reporter
pressWhat have we here? A holiday movie that doesn't make everyone grumpy? A romantic comedy with real sense of how romance feels, both good and bad, when caught in its throes?..
Premiere Magazine
pressNancy Meyers makes the kinds of films that people complain no one makes anymore. The Holiday is the type of welcome diversion that only Meyers still seems to specialize — a romantic comedy...
Los Angeles Times
pressAs reliably as Santa, this romantic comedy about a transatlantic house swap delivers Christmas sweets...
Variety
pressBy now, Nancy Meyers knows exactly what women want --gorgeous locales, even more gorgeous actors, a sentimental love story calculated to make viewers hug themselves and maybe even each other -- and she doubles the formula to generally pleasing but thoroughly unsurprising effect in "The Holiday," a lavishly overstuffed gift basket of a movie...
Hollywood Reporter
pressWhat have we here? A holiday movie that doesn't make everyone grumpy? A romantic comedy with real sense of how romance feels, both good and bad, when caught in its throes?..
Premiere Magazine
pressNancy Meyers makes the kinds of films that people complain no one makes anymore. The Holiday is the type of welcome diversion that only Meyers still seems to specialize — a romantic comedy...
Los Angeles Times
pressAs reliably as Santa, this romantic comedy about a transatlantic house swap delivers Christmas sweets...
The Best Movie in a Long Time
I went into this movie with hardly any expectations, I thought it might have a few laughs, but otherwise thought it was going to be just another romantic comedy situated around Christmas. I was wrong. The combination of American and British actors and film influences meant you get the best of both worlds. The acting was superb. Extremely fine...
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