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Mood:
- Feel GoodHumorousTouching
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Plot:
- Fall in LoveFriendshipFish Out of WaterLove and RomanceMisfitCouplesUnlikely CoupleCouple Relations more...
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Genres:
- ComedyDramaRomance
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Time/Period:
- Contemporary21st Century
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Place:
- CaliforniaEngland
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Audience:
- Date NightGirls' Night
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Praise:
- Blockbuster
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Attitudes:
- Semi SeriousRealistic
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The Holiday, 2006
English
USA
Profile of The Holiday
The Holiday can be described as feel good, humorous, and touching. The plot revolves around a "fish out of water", misfits, and falling in love. The main genres are drama, comedy, and romance. In approach, The Holiday is realistic. It is located in California and England. It takes place in contemporary times. The Holiday has received attention for being a blockbuster. It is well suited for a girls' night and a date night.
Summary of The Holiday
The Brits and the Yanks join forces in this romantic Christmas comedy set in England and L.A. Kate Winslet is a British journalist caught in a cycle of unrequited love with her coworker, Jasper (Rufus Sewell). Jasper does his best to lead her on, and when he announces his engagement to another woman in the office, Winslet is crushed. Meanwhile, across the pond, Cameron Diaz is a high-strung movie-trailer editor who has just ended her relationship with Ethan (Edward Burns) after he accuses her of being emotionally unavailable. And, oh yes, he has sort of been sleeping with his receptionist.
Brokenhearted, Diaz and Winslet make contact through a vacation website and agree to swap homes for two weeks to escape their disastrous personal lives. Winslet takes off for Diaz's lavish L.A. pad, while Diaz arrives at Winslet's picturesque cottage right outside London. When Winslet's brother Graham (Jude Law) knocks at the door one night looking for his sister, he instead encounters Diaz, and sparks soon fly--despite the fact that they both know she won't be in town for long. Winslet, for her part, is busy mending her heart in sunny California, befriending Diaz's elderly neighbor, and making the acquaintance of film composer Miles (Jack Black). But her healing is abruptly interrupted when Jasper suddenly appears on her doorstep, having flown halfway round the world to make sure he still has her under his spell. Miles apart, Winslet and Diaz find themselves at the crux of all rom-com crises: how to follow your heart, while still being true to yourself. While The Holiday's whimsical plot can at times feels stretched thinner than Diaz's legs, fans of the genre will no doubt find Winslet's thespian charms, Law's dimples, and the high-fashion wardrobes quite enough to give them their chick-flick fix.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 8 December 2006 |
| Runtime: | 138 min |
Cast and Crew
as Amanda Woods
as Iris Simpkins
as Graham Simpkins
as Miles
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- by: Kirk Honeycutt
Variety
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- by: Justin Chang
Users Reviews
- 26.May.2011
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- by: yinhong
- yinhong rated this movie
8/10Great
- 17.April.2011
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- by: laure.lehetet
- laure.lehetet rated this movie7/10Good
