The Holiday (DVD)

Heralded by The Hollywood Reporter as “a Yuletide chick flick with plenty of heart,” this one is very much more enjoyable than that comment would make it sound.

Two completely different young women in Iris (Kate Winslet) and Amanda (Cameron Diaz) live in Surrey and Los Angeles respectively. The have only one thing in common: each is suffering from a recently failed love affair! Making contact on the Internet, they mutually agree to take a complete break by both crossing the Atlantic from different directions, and swapping homes over the Christmas season.

In America: through legendary veteran movie scriptwriter Arthur (Eli Wallach), Iris meets up with music writer Miles (Jack Black)…while over in England, Amanda encounters Iris’s elder widower brother Graham (Jude Law) when he stumbles into Iris’s house in an inebriated state. Needless to say, both Miles and Jack are also casualties from seriously broken romantic encounters.

Predictable up to a point, the film boasts superb scenery and settings; excellent acting, and a memorable musical score by Hans Zimmer.

Watch for Dustin Hoffman in a brief walk-in role in a video rental store, where Miles is discussing The Graduate.

Romantic comedy starring Jude Law, Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet and Jack Black. Iris (Winslet) is in love with a man who is about to marry another woman. Across the globe, Amanda (Diaz) realises the man she lives with has been unfaithful. Two women who have never met and live 6000 miles apart, find themselves in the exact same place. They meet online at a home exchange website and impulsively switch homes for the holiday. Iris moves into Amanda's L.A. house in sunny California as Amanda arrives in the snow-covered English countryside. Shortly after arriving at their destinations, both women find the last thing either wants or expects: a new romance. Amanda is charmed by Iris' handsome brother Graham (Law) and Iris, with inspiration provided by legendary screenwriter Arthur (Eri Wallach), mends her heart when she meets film composer Miles (Black).

General

Studio:	Universal Pictures
Release date:	March 2007
Movie released:	2006
Actors:	Cameron Diaz • Kate Winslet • Jude Law
Dimensions:	192 x 137 x 15mm (L x W x T)
Format:
Region encoding:	Region 2. This DVD will play in all South African DVD players.
Audio format:	Dolby Digital 5.1
Video format:	Widescreen 1.85:1
Languages:	English
Subtitles:	Arabic • Icelandic • Norwegian • Swedish
Age restriction:	12
Categories:	DVD > Comedy DVD > Romantic Comedy DVD > Feature Film
LSN:	XBH-H2V-BNE-3
Barcode:	5050582482355

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