The Holiday (2006)

 fake and contrived, nauseating
I found the whole scenario of this movie, contrived and fake.
(1) How many young women even live in gigantic Malibu mansions with a swimming pool, gym, and huge kitchen?
(2) If they do, would they then be naive enough to let a foreign total stranger live in their mansion, drive their car un-insured in the madhouse of L.A.'s traffic, and to use all their stuff on just a day's notice?
(3) Who would impulsively pay the exorbitant air fares that airlines charge for last-minute flight bookers, as they both did, to visit a place they have no connection with?
(4) How could a single woman like Kate Winslet, logistically, possibly work in downtown London and then commute so far out every day to a big rural drafty, thatched-roof Farm house? (No Londoner, especially a single woman, ever lives like that). The village's charm was over-stereotyped.
(5) What woman, smart and successful enough to afford a mansion like Cameron Diaz, would naively open the door to a drunken stranger late at night in the middle of nowhere (in a snowstorm), and then 8 minutes later have sex with him, when she was planning to fly home the next day? This casual, mindless treatment of sex is disgusting, especially for a Christmas film. Do all these women viewers really find this romantic? Then there's something really wrong with them. I had no sympathy for Cameron after this scene.
(6) Finally, the spoken line about Cary Grant being from Surrey is incorrect - he was instead a native of Bristol). May 3, 2008

 Stank
Now, as a dutiful boyfriend, I've had to sit through my share of reeking romantic comedies, and some I've found more than merely tolerable. The plot is going to stink, that's a given - but maybe there'll be a laugh here or there, like in "Something about Mary." Not this time. By the standards of the genre, this one is boring. Even my girlfriend, who drags me to these things without shame, suggested halfway through that we nuke this one and put on something else. So, fair warning: this one is as corny as a regular romantic comedy, but without any entertainment value. Dull as it gets. Cameron Diaz was atrocious, worst actress in the world, capable of only one character (and it's not cute any more.)

By the way, was I supposed to laugh when she punches her boyfriend in the face twice? Why is domestic violence funny when the woman is the attacker? This actually happens in reality, by the way. Imagine a guy beating his girl being played off as slapstick. There'd be an uproar. March 29, 2008

 Fantastic Movie
This is a great movie. I own it and bought one for one of my best friends. We laughed and teared a bit. Hilarious and so cute. March 28, 2008

 Thought I might like it and I did!
I decided to go ahead and buy this movie because I thought it looked like kind of a fun movie from the previews. Honestly it exceeded my expectations. I really enjoyed it. I really was swept up in the story and the romance between the two couples. A suprisingly great movie! March 28, 2008

 Comedically Romantic
This movie was funny, romantic, and just enjoyful. A movie for everyone, even your man. March 27, 2008

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