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After each suffers her fair share of romantic disappointments, Englishwoman Iris and L.A. woman Amanda meet on-line at a website devoted to helping people exchange houses. Each agrees to spend the Christmas holiday at the other's home... The Holiday is a famous romantic comedy by Nancy Meyers (What Women Want). The plot of the film is fairly interesting and captivating. Two women exchange houses to change their lifestyles. Both of them have problems with love. Iris (Kate Winslet) finds out that her beloved man is going to marry another woman. Amanda's (Cameron Diaz) situation isn't much better. Her man has been unfaithful to her. These women sharing quite similar problems try to escape from daily routine, and so the global net becomes the very place where they meet each other. They decide to exchange houses for a short period of time hoping that it will solve the problems and help them to get on the top of the life. Iris goes to California to Amanda's house. And Amanda moves into Iris' house which is located in a traditional English countryside. Soon they both fall in love... (official distributor synopsis)

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angel74 

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English If I want to get in the right Christmas mood, I almost always reach for this romantic comedy by Nancy Meyers. And I have a great time every time. How could it not, when the main plot and the style of humor work perfectly? Not to mention that I can hardly imagine a better cast for such occasions. Moreover, all four of the central characters are so convincing in their roles that it can hardly be surpassed. (90%) ()

POMO 

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English The Holiday is a fake romantic comedy with a few sincere moments. Besides that, it gives off a whiff of sucking up to people in the film industry, let’s say directly to academics (the storyline with the old Oscar-winning screenwriter). Sorry, but there’s a deep chasm between Hollywood’s The Holiday and the British Love Actually. ()

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English You still go to bed every night going over every detail and wonder what you did wrong or how you could have misunderstood. And how in the hell for that brief moment you could think that you were that happy. And sometimes you can even convince yourself that he'll see the light and show up at your door. And after all that, however long all that may be, you'll go somewhere new. And you'll meet people who make you feel worthwhile again. And little pieces of your soul will finally come back. And all that fuzzy stuff, those years of your life that you wasted, that will eventually begin to fade. Nancy Myers is maturing like fine wine and now she has even outdone herself. Despite a very generous running time, she still has plenty to tell. With one couple, she immediately indicates at their first meeting how their relationship will evolve, while with the other, she takes her time. In addition, she fires off perfect jokes (the trailer) already during the exposition and manages to make the viewer fall in love with Kate Winslet at first sight. I firmly believe that the individual roles were written specifically for the actors who played them, because Jude Law was born to be charming and Jack Black has long awaited a romantic role. And the perfectly positive mood that I drew from The Holiday by the gallon resulted in the fact that although I suffered during Cameron Diaz's breakup etudes, in the end I had the feeling that there is no better option for a special love square. Yes, there is often jumping on the bed or dancing there. But now I am Miles, leaving Iris after a perfect evening and kissing her on the cheek for the second time and apologizing to her for it. And it feels wonderful to me. ()

Malarkey 

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English This movie has a single advantage – it has actresses that all the boys around the world dream of. It also offers charismatic male actors that many young girls would wish to sit for a coffee with. But the biggest issue is that it was the only thing that made me finish the movie. Actually, it was Cameron Diaz, whom I was the happiest to see in the entire movie. I simply like it when girls are crazy like that. ()

Pethushka 

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English Rarely does the USA make a romantic comedy this good. I found the whole movie insanely honest. And for being over 2 hours long, I wasn't bored at all. An amazing foursome complete with charming moments and situations. I really wasn't missing anything. No scene where I thought "Nooo, this should have been different". In a word (and I'm not exaggerating) – PERFECT. ()

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