The Holiday (PG)

Rating:	★★★★★
Category:	Movies
Genre:	Romantic Comedy

Two women on opposite sides of the globe, Amanda Woods (Cameron Diaz) and Iris Simpkins (Kate Winslet) swap houses for a chance to recover from heartbreaks. Instead of just a getaway, they both found their lost selves, & so did the people around them.

After watchin' the trailer, I thought this is just gonna be another holiday comedy but turned out it is my no.1 X'masholidayheartwarmin' kinda flick in recent years. Unlike Love Actually, which I find nice...but it was like a buffet spread, everybody in it is just like passers-by. The Holiday on the other hand, is more focus, hence more room for characters development, questioning & self discoveries. These gave them flesh & blood, & I find myself asking questions similar to the ones they asked themselves.

This movie made so much references in Classic Movies & Scores that If you are a Movie or Movie Score buff *like me~ Hans Zimmer fan~*, you'll find yourself agreeing & gotten closer to the characters' world.

Director: Nancy Meyers
Writer: Nancy Meyers
Cast: Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Jack Black, Eli Wallach, Edward Burns, Rufus Sewel