The Holiday...predictable fun.

The Holiday is clique at times, but a delightful date flick. Cameron Diaz, plays, Amanda, an emotionally detached and successful media entrepreneur living in California. Kate Winslet, plays Iris, a wallflower, leading a solitary life as a newspaper columist living in England. Each is fed up with the man in their life, so they sign up for a home exchange vacation, where they swap homes in an effort to leave their troubles behind.

Diaz, hold up in a quaint cottage outside of London, enjoying some R&R, gets an unexpected knock on the door from an adorable drunk, played by Jude Law. They shag, and the next morning to their surprise they are still drawn to one another, yet recognize at best it could only be a 2-week fling.

Winslet sets up camp at Diaz's luxurious LA home, where she meets a composer, played by the multi-talented Jack Black, who stops by uninvited. Soon its revealed they share the same dreadful doormat syndrome, and develop a supportive friendship as they try to rehabiliate themselves. Winslet also befriends a confused elderly man, played by Eli Wallach, and helps him find his way back home. They soon become fast friends & enrich each other's lives. GO SEE The Holiday, and don't be surprised if you find yourself rooting for the happy ending.
(138 Minutes, PG-13)