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| | Product Details | | Actors: | Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz, Jude Law, Jack Black, Eli Wallach | | Director: | Nancy Meyers | | Format: | AC-3, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Subtitled | | Language: | English | | Subtitle: | English, Spanish, French | | Number of Discs: | 1 | | Studio: | Sony Pictures | | Run Time: | 138 minutes | | DVD Release Date: | March 13, 2007 | | Average Customer Rating: |  based on 349 reviews |
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 Surprisingly Fabulous Sep 02, 2010
Romantic comedies have the unfortunate habit of being formulaic to the point of being boring. Not so with The Holiday. There is some formula here, however, or it wouldn't be a romantic comedy.
The casting is superb: Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz, Jack Black, Jude Law, Rufus Sewell, and Eli Wallach. The acting is top notch, and I don't often find myself thinking that about Cameron Diaz or Jack Black (sorry!) Perhaps it's the outstanding script and direction of Nancy Meyers that brings out the best in everyone. Maybe this cast just happens to have the right chemistry together. Ultimately, it doesn't matter why. What matters is that this is one fantastic movie. Believable characters, believable situations, and the right dash of hope, feel-good optimism, and light-hearted humor that can really make a romantic comedy not just good, but great!
Even the score seems perfect. It adds just enough to each scene, but never too much.
Lest you think it's strictly a chick flick. My husband watched it with me once and said "I can see why you like this movie so much, it's a good film."
 Cute Movie - but what happened to the ending??? Aug 16, 2010
Cute, typical, predictable romantic comedy. Enjoyed most of it, Cameron Diaz tends to be a little over the top, but other than that the characters are well played and lovable. However, it appears the writers had no idea how to end it, so the ending makes absolutely no sense and is just a bunch of people dancing around.
Swimming the Sea of Estrogen Jul 26, 2010
Normally I run (screaming) from chick flicks (not to mention romcoms), but when a film appears featuring the charismatic talent (not to mention physically stunning) of Kate Winslet, it also commands my undivided attention. So I sat through THE HOLIDAY and grimaced and twitched; when it was over I wanted to have a good cry and bake a cake and call my grandmother. Actually I wanted to do none of the above, but I did feel some considerable estrogen exposure.
THE HOLIDAY features two professional women unlucky in love who swap homes for Christmas to forget their troubles. Thus Winslet travels to posh LA, while her counterpart (Cameron Diaz) arrives at Winslet's picturesque cottage in England. And--of course--both ladies encounter romantic interests in the form of Winslet's brother (Jude Law), who captivates Diaz, and the smirking Jack Black, who wows Winslet (note the succession of "w"s). It's all contrived, predictable, and marginally humorous (but please: Jack Black as a romantic interest is a howler), with a closing scene in London on New Year's Eve so syrupy and gooey I had to go out on the driveway and gargle gravel just to get the bubblegum taste out of my mouth. Winslet demonstrates some chops, while Diaz and Law seem to phone their performances in, with the near-centenarian Eli Wallach appearing in a most gracious role. All in all THE HOLIDAY nominally entertains, as long as the viewer doesn't feel compelled to watch in high heels.
D. Mikels, Author, The Reckoning
the Holiday Jul 26, 2010
The Holiday was great and the sender was extremely timely in getting this video to me!
CHICK FLICK ALERT Jul 25, 2010
This is pretty simple...I thought the movie was O.K. ...but my wife really liked it...so I bought it...not much more to be said...a real chick flick...
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