The Holiday (DVD)

I'd heard a lot of good and bad things about this film but wanted to see it mainly because of the cast. A few months ago my boyfriend borrowed the DVD from a friend at work but it turned out it was copied and a very bad copy at that, halfway through the sound stopped working so instead I added it to my list of films I wanted to watch through m the online DVD rental service I use. It came yesterday so I watched it last night. Synopsis: Two beautiful women, Amanda Woods (Cameron Diaz) and Iris Simpkins (Kate Winslet) both find themselves at the end of failed relationships just before Christmas. Amanda decides to take a two week vacation and surfs the ...  Read the complete review

Amanda, who lives in Los Angeles, is the owner of a firm that edits film trailers and is very successful at it. Unfortunately, her love life isn't quite so successful and just before Christmas, she splits up with her live-in boyfriend after she finds he has been cheating on her. Iris, a journalist, has just discovered that the love of her life is engaged to be married to someone else. By chance, Iris, who has a beautiful cottage in rural Sussex, has registered with a home exchange website and Amanda, deciding that she needs a holiday, contacts her. The two girls decide to spend two weeks in each other's homes. Shortly Amanda's arrival, Iris's brother Graham ...  Read the complete review

I had read a couple of reviews about 'The Holiday' which were slightly less than enthusiastic, so when I watched it on DVD the other night, I wasn't really expecting a great deal. I have to say though, that I was pleasantly surprised as I found it a very enjoyable, although none too taxing film. The Holidy stars a couple of my favourite actresses - Kate Winslett and Cameron Diaz. They play women who live on opposite sides of the world - Surrey and LA - and are both quite discontented with their lives. As a consequence they decide to do a 'holiday swap' and end up living in each other's houses over the Christmas periods. Kate Winslet plays Iris ...  Read the complete review

The Holiday (2006) All this waiting around to go into labour has to be spent doing something, and the something I’ve spent most of it doing (not including sleeping, you understand, which I have become quite amazingly good at doing at all the wring times of day…) is watching films. The latest in this long line of consumed movies is this rather romantic, humorous, and quite, well, seasonal, in a Christmassie sort of way film which I’ve wanted to see for a while and wished I’d saved till Christmas! It is a good film, very much a rom-com, and with some great acting, fabulous scenes and a few curve balls thrown in for good measure to keep you on your ...  Read the complete review

The Holiday- I tried to get to see his at the cinema but i unfortunately missed out. Although after reading the reviews it was a mixed opinion, so as soon as it came out i purchased it so that i could judge for myself and its a great film. With Kate Winslet, Jack Black, Jude Law and Cameron Diaz it was an all star cast and a hopeless romantic film a definate chich flick. Its about Iris(Kate Winslet) who is in love with a man who is about to marry another woman and then thee is Amanda (cameron Diaz) who realizes the man she lives with has been unfaithful. The two women meet online at a home swap website and switch homes for the holiday. Iris moves ...  Read the complete review