The Holiday
2006 Directed by Nancy Meyers
Synopsis
It's Christmas Eve and we are going to go celebrate being young and being alive.
Stuck in a vicious cycle of dead-end relationships with two-timing men, Los Angeles resident Amanda and Londoner Iris decide to swap homes. In the process, their trade paves the way for romances they never imagined possible.
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Another of the wife's picks. Oh fuck me it's awful. At least Kate Winslet kept her baps away this time. And Jack Black as a love interest,give me a fucking break.
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A lovely Christmas film that manages to warm your heart without being too over the top. With an excellent cast that give fairly decent performances yet with incredible chemistries, and a beautiful soundtrack consisting of Regina Spektor, this is one of the better Christmas films around, and definitely one I look forward to watching every year.
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it was good to see a romantic comedy which didnot try to reach for the stars. Instead it became beautiful in its own simple way.
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Learned: English people are bloody charming. Mr Napkinhead is possibly the cringiest scene ever.
I actually love this film a bit. Even though Jack Black has dead eyes in it. Dead I tell you!
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I don't care if you think it's cheesy, and some of the performances aren't THAT great (coughcoughCAMERONDIAZcoughcough), Kate Winslet is wonderful as always, Jack Black is a surprise, and Eli Wallach will melt your shriveled up heart. This flick has got some gumption.
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Not enough humor in this epic-length romantic comedy. The lack of charisma between the 4 leads stifled any bit of sentimentality the director may have intended. She instead seemed content to lay on the tragedy and dysfunction in these characters' lives and expect the audience to care about their predictable paths to happiness. There were a few nice moments, mostly when Jack Black was on screen (the only scenes that actually made me laugh), but they were few and far between.
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Learned: English people are bloody charming. Mr Napkinhead is possibly the cringiest scene ever.
I actually love this film a bit. Even though Jack Black has dead eyes in it. Dead I tell you!
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(i just wanted to put a tag dont make me write a review)
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Head and shoulders above your typical formula-driven romantic-comedy. It's not just an inventive love story; it's a love song to filmmaking and classic cinema. Eli Wallach steals the show, more or less by playing himself.
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Az egyik kedvenc filmem! Sokszor megnézve :)
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Not enough humor in this epic-length romantic comedy. The lack of charisma between the 4 leads stifled any bit of sentimentality the director may have intended. She instead seemed content to lay on the tragedy and dysfunction in these characters' lives and expect the audience to care about their predictable paths to happiness. There were a few nice moments, mostly when Jack Black was on screen (the only scenes that actually made me laugh), but they were few and far between.
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This is an extremely corny movie, mainly because Jude Law cries.
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Jack Black trying to be cute. Jude Law trying to be charming. Kate Winslet trying to act like she is happy to be in the film. Cameron Diaz trying to act. Adorable.
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[English/ Spanish review]
This is a guilty pleausure. A feel-good comedy by Nancy Meyers that still feels worth to watch, ok, if you are in the mood. And why? First good choice is cast, with charismatic stars taking advantage of their respective comic skills without losing credibility (even Jack Black manages to get restrained enough). Second, the self-referential elements from the cinema industry, which are not expected to work but mainly do here: soundtrack music, promotional trailers and a taste of old Hollywood embodied in Eli Wallach's character are used to good effect. All is served with ingenious dialogue and a good script which plays wisely with commonplaces. And finally, we have Surrey, who wouldn't love to get lost there?…
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Publiqué el 29/07/2010:
Disfrutando con mis hijas de un maratón Jude Law (y de los suspiros de ambas cuando sale a cuadro ;-)... Holiday & Cap. Sky
2010-07-29 03:57:52 (+00:00)