In The Holiday, two women on opposite sides of the globe, Amanda Woods (Cameron Diaz) and Iris Simpkins (Kate Winslet) find themselves in a similar situations of man hating. Desperate for a change of scenery, the two women meet on the internet and swap houses for the Christmas holiday discovering that a change of address really can change your life.
This movie was cute. There were some really good laughs and you find yourself enjoying the four major characters. Jude Law ends up playing Cameron Diaz's beau, while Jack Black fills that role for Kate Winslett. It was a nice holiday/date movie which everyone pretty much knew going in from the commercial/preview. The only problem I had with this movie is the same as every one of Nancy Meyer's movies (What Women Want, Something's Gotta Give). They are just too long. This movie was 2 hours and 15 minutes long. When you go in to a movie having a pretty dead on idea of where it's going to end up - you shouldn't have to watch for 2 hours and 15 minutes to see it get there. This could have easily been an hour and 45 minutes.
Regardless, I would recommend this movie to all. It's really not a bad movie. It's just a tad too long.
