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The Holiday

2006

Nancy Meyers

Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Jack Black ...

6.0

36,466

Comedy. Romance 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 resides in a charming cottage in the English countryside. Though Iris and Amanda live 6,000 miles apart, they are in exactly the same place: Just before Christmas, Iris and Amanda decide to take a needed break ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Justin Chang Variety	"[Meyers] doubles the formula to generally pleasing but thoroughly unsurprising effect (...) A lavishly overstuffed gift basket of a movie"	NEU
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"It's as if they have taken the brown gooey contents of a million Mars bars and used it to develop the film (…) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Claudia Puig USA Today	"If you're willing to embrace a bit of corniness for the sake of some incisive humor, a few poignant moments and enjoyable scenarios, make time for The Holiday (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)"	POS
United Kingdom	William Thomas Empire	"There is bound to be a large appreciative audience for this chick flick. But it might not be you (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Ann Hornaday The Washington Post	"This overproduced romantic comedy doesn't even qualify as fluff; it's flat, featureless plastic"	NEG
United States	Manohla Dargis The New York Times	"There is something touching if willfully naïve about Ms. Meyers’s nostalgia for Hollywood’s golden age"	POS
United Kingdom	Stella Papamichael BBC	"Overall, the journey feels protracted, with laughs scattered very few and far between (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United States	Scott Tobias AV Club	"[It] is loaded with excruciating moments (...) There's nothing authentic or personal about 'The Holiday'—it's as chilling as heart-warmers get."	NEG

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