The Holiday is just another romantic comedy, but wrapped in pre-Christmas holiday mood. Starring Jack Black, Jude Law, Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet, writer and director Nancy Meyers have got quite the A-team following up on her previous works which includes the 2003 movie Something's Gotta Give starring Jack Nicholson and Diane Keaton along Frances McDermond, Amanda Peet and Keanu Reeves. It seems obvious Meyers have something attracting all these stars to her romantic comedies.
And she presents some of it here as well. It's some heart into the storylines, there's some cute admiration of former Hollywood glory and some interactions intriguing as well as interesting. Unfortunately she doesn't manage to keep herself enough on track to get it home safely, but just about enough to make it a nice experience going into the Christmas holiday. I for one enjoyed Kate Winslet ever so much once again, and Eli Wallach was brilliant. The rest of the cast never enchanted my need for on-screen magic, but even with 138 minutes runtime, which is a lot for these kind of a movie, I didn't feel like I completely had wasted my time... even the second time I watched it....
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