The Holiday (2006)

Running Time: 131 minutes (approx)

Production Year: 2006

Rating: 12 Certificate

Production Country: USA

Filmed in Colour

Dumped and depressed, English rose Iris (Kate Winslet) agrees to swap homes with similarly unlucky in love Californian Amanda (Cameron Diaz) for a much-needed break. So Iris finds herself in a palatial Hollywood palace while Amanda navigates the lanes of a picture-perfect English village.

Soon both lovelorn ladies bump into local lads perfect for a romantic pick-me-up, Amanda with Iris's engaging brother (Jude Law), while Iris falls for film composer Jack Black.

From Diaz's Valley girl ditz to Black's endearing schlub, the performances are excellent. Chick-flick doyenne Nancy Meyers really does know What Women Want, and here the director strikes sweetly satisfying romcom gold, asking only that you give cynicism the night off.

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Cast

	Cameron Diaz		Amanda
	Kate Winslet		Iris
	Jude Law		Graham
	Jack Black		Miles
	Eli Wallach		Arthur
	Edward Burns		Ethan
	Rufus Sewell		Jasper
	Miffy Englefield		Sophie
	Emma Pritchard		Olivia
	Sarah Parish		Hannah
	Shannyn Sossamon		Maggie
	Bill Macy		Ernie
	Shelley Berman		Norman
	Kathryn Hahn		Bristol
	John Krasinski		Ben