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Reviews Counted: 128
Fresh: 61
Rotten:67
Average Rating: 5.5/10
Consensus: The Holiday, while sweet and somewhat touching, lacks any surprises and eventually overstays its welcome.
Runtime: 2 hrs 18 mins
Genre: Comedies
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 London's Daily Telegraph and... [More]
My reaction to The Holiday was no different from my reaction to Meyers' other pieces. It's cute enough, the atmosphere is sufficiently romantic comedy-like, but somehow, for some reason, I just don't bond with it.
As a voracious consumer of chick media (I like alien shoot 'em ups too!), I tell you that the story arc is extremely surprising & delightful, and that you fellas can feel safe watching this as well.
No amount of ironic gift wrapping can conceal the triteness within, in this double-plotted festive chick flick that is too long by half, and too cloyingly sweet to be healthy.
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Top Critic About as far removed from burning your bra as you can get. Too much of this chick flick feels like work, with the unfortunately long running time sandbagging it with a kind of cinematic jet lag.
a warm, charming, extremely clever and often hilarious romantic comedy that will be a sure-fire date movie for any guy looking to please his significant other
Meyers gives it an honest shot, but she can't distract from a paint-by-numbers plot just by having us watch it dry.
Because everyone is rich and in love, you can see the happy ending coming a mile away, but with a film like this, it's the journey that's important and not the destination.
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Top Critic The Holiday's redeeming feature (and it's a considerable one) is the 91-year-old Eli Wallach's astute and endearing performance.
Watchable, but overly long and ultimately disappointing romcom, despite spirited performances and the occasional sparkly moment.
This romantic comedy ends up feeling soggy, syrupy and so bloating it'll put you to sleep before the pudding's done.
The Holiday pretends its happy endings are premised on the women realizing their capacities as leading ladies. Really, what they're doing is finding the "right" men, not quite the same as finding "gumption."
The Holiday works its magic because Meyers invests time in the characters instead of the scenarios.
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