The characters pace and putter around in the story like animals building their nests, and by the time they finally settle down with their mates, we have a grudging affection for them.
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The Holiday (2006)
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Reviews Counted:130
Fresh:60
Rotten:70
Average Rating:5.5/10
Consensus: The Holiday, while sweet and somewhat touching, lacks any surprises and eventually overstays its welcome.
Theatrical Release:Dec 8, 2006 Wide
Box Office: $63,224,849
Synopsis: Amanda Woods (Cameron Diaz), the owner of a prospering advertising firm that creates movie trailers, lives in Southern California. Iris Simpkins (Kate Winslet) writes the popular wedding column for... [More]
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Reviews for The Holiday
There’s good news for Jude Law fans. With The Holiday, the actor has taken a sad career song and started to make it better.
12/08/06
...The story goes on at untoward length.
12/08/06
Top Critic...The surprises would be surprises only if this is, like, your fourth movie ever.
12/08/06
Top CriticAdmittedly, this is a chick-flick. Guys may groan but gals are gonna love it. Like 'Love, Actually,' it's the Christmas comedy you've been waiting for.
12/08/06
While Meyers overwrites and has a tendency to dwell on her stars goofing around, her best material makes the less-successful stretches worth sitting through.
12/08/06
Watching The Holiday is a little like ordering a sticky cinnamon bun: You know the gooey, warm sweetness will taste good, but you'll feel guilty eating it.
12/08/06
It's actually one of the most educational chick flicks of the decade...
12/08/06
Like her near namesake, Meyers has quite a way with B-O-L-O-G-N-A.
12/08/06
Admitting that it's formulaic doesn't make it any less so, but it's enjoyable in a mushy, easily digested sort of way.
12/08/06
...It's the women who come out the worst in Meyers's sexist worldview, where men are hopeless and women are helpless.
12/08/06
Top CriticWinslet, who's never done a Hollywood romantic comedy before, turns out to be a natural, blushing prettily and smiling so broadly the camera seems ready to embrace her.
12/08/06
The Holiday suffers from a dreary predictability.
12/08/06
Top CriticWinslet, Black, Law and to some extent the others are often swell. But the script limits are still there, knots in the weave, and you need to be a goner for manipulation not to notice.
12/08/06
Winslet gets time to build a lovable, kind character. In the process, the English actress known for serious roles shows she can handle just about any part -- even one in a formulaic American romantic comedy -- with exceptional grace.
12/08/06
It's a pleasant-enough premise for a romantic comedy, created by an experienced veteran (director Nancy Meyers), and is boosted by entertaining performances.
12/08/06
The sheer volume of intense emotional content has a cumulative effect that will easily win over anyone whose heart and mind are open to it.
12/08/06
Winslet brings a sweet enthusiasm to Iris' emotional blooming that makes you wish Diaz... had taken a holiday.
12/08/06
It is a fizzy champagne cocktail that provides a pleasant buzz, many smiles, and Jude Law with the role of his career.
12/08/06
Top CriticThere is evidence in The Holiday that the declining value of the dollar appears to have distorted the status of leading men on both sides of the pond.
12/08/06
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