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11/January/2007 [4:09 PM] -- The Holiday
I have to tell you this is the most enchanting romantic comedy since the romantic comedy boom in the 1990’s! Although this decade has brought some wonderfully written comedic romance like, How To Lose A Guy In 10 Days or Serendipity, I feel like the 80’s and 90’s comedies had a certain sentiment about them that has been lost over time. The Holiday completely brings that magical mood back to cinema. I will even go as far as to say it is one of my favorite romantic comedies of all time right next to You’ve Got Mail and While You Were Sleeping! Amanda Woods (Cameron Diaz) is the owner of a very successful advertising company that creates movie trailers in Los Angeles. Iris Simpkins (Kate Winslet) writes a popular wedding column for London’s Daily Telegraph and lives in a charming cottage on the beautiful countryside of Surrey England. Even living 6,000 miles apart Amanda and Iris are in exactly the same place, they are both very successful women who have disasterous relationships. Amanda, wanting to get away from LA for the holidays happens upon a web site for home exchange, and finds a picture of Iris’s cottage and decides that it will be the perfect prescription for her relationship blues. She messages Iris who, having never been to California, immediately agrees to the exchange, and the very next day they are on there way to getting away from their everyday lives for two weeks. Iris lands in sunny California on a beautifully clear day and is greeted by the warm gusts of the Santa Ana winds. She is quick to make friends one being Arthur (Eli Wallach) a 90 year old screenwriter from the Golden Era of Hollywood, and Miles (Jack Black) a loveable film composer who works with Amanda’s ex-boyfriend. Meanwhile, in Surrey, Amanda is settling into the cozy Rosehill Cottage in the peacefulness of snow covered roads, soon finding herself bored and ready to pack it up and go back to her fast paced life when Iris’ handsome brother Graham (Jude Law) comes by the cottage catching Amanda and her heart by surprise. As unexpected events occur for Amanda and Iris, friendships are made and love is found. Brilliantly written and directed by Nancy Meyers (Something’s Gotta Give and What Women Want) I laughed and got misty-eyed and felt completely warmed by this film. The acting is top notch Kate Winslet is absolutely adorable, Jack Black is as charming as ever, Eli Wallach is simply genius, Jude Law is heart warming and this by far is Cameron Diaz’s best work to date! You will absolutely fall in love with The Holiday, it is a definite must for all and offers lots of dialogue and narrative for the visually impaired. It is also available in MoPix if you wish to use it but I don’t think it is needed here. In the words of Arthur, The Holiday and I had a perfect meet-cute! (If you want to know what that means you will have to go see film for yourself!) ENJOY!
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