The Holiday

I saw this movie as a sneak preview. and I just read the reviews.. cant understand why the so-so reviews... My bf hates chick flicks but he thought this movie was great! i initially doubted jack black fitting into this movie... Full review

The last romantic comedy I watched this good was "When Harry Met Sally". The film portrayed the pain and heartbreak of being loved or valued less than was fair or right. The Kate Winslet Character was set on the road to... Full review

I haven't seen a good romantic comedy in awhile, and this one was fun! I had my doubts after having seen Jude Law in Alfie and Closer, but the characters in this film were a lot more likeable.... Full review

This is a great holiday film. I really loved the way it was done. A bit sappy, but it gets you in the mood for the holidays. Kate Winslet is so comanding on camera! Jude Law was so likable in this... Full review

I absolutly loved this movie and would reccommend it as a good date movie. i went with a few guys and they even liked it! cute, romantic, funny and heart warming. it's worth seeing!... Full review

If you are looking for a holiday movie that will give you a laugh and just make you feel good - watch this movie. Great for a date movie or an adult family christmas outing, it was a story with likeable... Full review

Well yes, a 2006 romantic comedy that delivers what it promises. Mostly due to the disarming likability of the four leads plus Eli Wallach. Not for cynics, naturally, but very few things are and what the hell I laughed I... Full review

Iris (Kate Winslett), attractive, if somewhat dowdy, young English journalist (she works for that citadel of fogeyism, the "Daily Telegraph"), on the rebound from an affair with the shiftless Jasper (Rufus Sewell), one of the paper's columnists, decides she needs... Full review

This was a really good, light hearted movie, with GREAT characterization. There are points where the movie is a little slow, but not slow enough to loose your interest.All of the characters are wonderfully developed especially Jude Laws-the under-story of... Full review

I laughed. I cried. I awed. My jaw even dropped a couple of times. This movie surpassed all of my original expectations. At almost two and a half hours, I thought it might drag on, but I never felt like... Full review

The Holiday does exceed the length of the average romantic comedy film, especially one released during the holiday season. Written and directed by Nancy Meyers (Something's Gotta Give, What Women Want) The Holiday is a competently crafted holiday film that takes well established conventions of the romantic comedy genre, but somehow makes them fresh enough and likable enough that many women (and yes, some men) will find it difficult not to enjoy themselves. ... Full Review

We see one example of her work (a fictitious Lindsay Lohan/James Franco action flick), but there's no parallel to the horrible, real-life trailer for The Holiday , which focuses on the film's few slapstick moments and none on the dialogue or relationships. ... Full Review

However, a film, regardless of how conventional or formulaic, can still be compensated with a talented cast and a creative mind with a lighthearted spirit that doesnt take itself too seriously. Amanda gets a visit from Iriss widowed and charming brother, book editor Graham (Jude Law). ... Full Review

The film seems oddly pleased with how great it is for much of the duration (this house is GREAT, youre so GREAT, my clothes are GREAT, this food is GREAT etc). In the festive romantic comedy The Holiday, Meyers has managed to assemble the kind of cast studio execs only dream about. ... Full Review

with big laughs and big tears, and on that level, it's the best film of its kind in years The one thing that differentiates The Holiday from the best Hollywood comedies of the 1930s is its slightly overbearing quality. ... Full Review

Amazon.com ( AMZN ) today revealed the Amazon.com Holiday Toy List at www.amazon.com/holidaytoylist , featuring over 300 of this year ' s top toys, video games, sporting goods, electronics and DVDs. ... Full Article

A few years ago, while working as a night manager at a Holiday Inn in Burbank, Danny McBride couldn't imagine that he'd star in two major studio films opening the same month. ''I had gone to a fortune-teller and she... ... Full Article

Dec. 27, 2006 | In Nancy Meyer's otherwise wretched romantic comedy "The Holiday," an elderly screenwriter (played by Eli Wallach) who worked in Hollywood's glory days opens the newspaper and remarks that there are nine movies opening on the following... ... Full Article

I got very excited.I thought "The Holiday" was a remake of the great 1930s Cary Grant, Katharine Hepburn classic.Uh-uh.That was "Holiday."This is titled "The Holiday" because "The Ordeal" must have been taken. ... Full Article

In "The Holiday," Cameron Diaz's Amanda has just kicked out her live-in boyfriend (Edward Burns) for cheating on her. A highly successful workaholic CEO, she goes online and finds a kindred soul in Iris (Kate Winslet), a London journalist hopelessly... ... Full Article