The Holiday [2006] | ![The Holiday [2006]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51w%2BKE8BJwL._SL75_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Nancy Meyers
Actors: Cameron Diaz, Jack Black, Kate Winslet, Jude Law
Studio: Universal Pictures Video
Category: DVD
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Avg. Customer Rating:  99 reviews
Sales Rank: 148
Format: Pal, Subtitled
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language)
Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 130
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5050582482355
ASIN: B000N6SRG0
Theatrical Release Date: 2006
Release Date: March 26, 2007
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Amazon.co.uk Review
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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 Loved It May 28, 2008
I watched this film with my family, and I don't know about them, but I loved it. It is a film that sticks in your mind because it makes you feel warm inside. It gets the balance between comedy and romance perfectly and it is now one of my favourite films.
 Disappointing, boring, totally missable May 12, 2008
I don't normally write comments for dvds, but this film was such a huge disappointment that I felt I had to. The fantastic cast tempted me, but the film itself was totally without plot or humour, and went on far too long. Give it a miss!
 A bit long and uneventful... April 27, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It's a movie to watch with your girlfriend, but to be honest it did nothing for me. At over two hours it's just too long, they could have easily chopped half an hour out of it. And Jack Black is wasted, he's a great comedy actor but plays his role dead straight; it could have been played by anyone.
 A real feel-good-film! April 10, 2008
I bought this film as a present for my husband when it was first released; we have watched it a couple of times and love it! It's funny, touching, has great characters - Cameron Diaz and Jack Black especially - the perfect film to watch for a cosy night in....
Too predictable April 10, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Personally, I thought this film was predictable, boring and only had a few funny moments. This is a tale about two completely different women swapping their lives to have a change, but each finding a wonderful man and falling in love. I thought that the film concentrated on the Cameron Diaz/ Jude Law story line too much, and so we didn't get as much of the comedy of Jack Black, which was actually more engaging. I thought that the acting of Jude Law was a bit too wooden and Cameron Diaz's acting was unconvincing. I do like some soppy, romantic movies, but for me, this was too predictable and I felt as though I could have written the script. If you are looking for an untaxing film to fill a couple of hours then this might be fine, but don't expect anything more.
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