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  • Holiday, The (2006)

    Holiday, The (2006)

    ‘The Holiday’ (2006)

    PG-13 | December 8, 2006 | 136 mins

    Two women, one American and one British, swap homes at Christmastime following bad breakups. Each woman finds romance with a local man but realizes that the imminent return home may end the relationship.



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    GOLDEN AGE

    Cast: Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz [+]
    Director: Nancy Meyers
    Writers: Nancy Meyers
    Producers: Nancy Meyers, Bruce A. Block
    Cinematographer: Dean Cundey
    Editors: Joe Hutshing
    Music: Hans Zimmer
    Distribution: Sony Pictures Releasing

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    7.0 IMDB



    71% TMDB



    51% ROTTEN TOMATOES



    52% METACRITIC

    Name
    Character
    Cameron Diaz
    Amanda
    Kate Winslet
    Iris
    Jude Law
    Graham
    Jack Black
    Miles
    Eli Wallach
    Arthur
    Rufus Sewell
    Jasper
    Edward Burns
    Ethan
    Shannyn Sossamon
    Maggie
    John Krasinski
    Ben
    Kathryn Hahn
    Bristol
    Release Date
    December 8, 2006
    Runtime
    136 minutes
    Production Companies
    Columbia Pictures, Universal Pictures, Relativity Media, Waverly Films
    MPAA Rating
    PG-13
    Language
    English
    Country
    United States
    Filming Dates
    January 4, 2006 – June 15, 2006
    Filming Locations
    Private Residence
    1883 Orlando Road, San Marino, California
    Amanda’s L.A. mansion (Exterior).
    Sony Studios
    3990 Overland Ave, Culver City, California
    Amanda’s L.A. mansion (Interior).
    Honeysuckle Cottage
    Holmbury St Mary, Surrey, England
    While the exterior of Iris’s Rosehill Cottage was built in an unknown field in Surrey, it’s design is based off of Honeysuckle Cottage.
    Sony Studios
    3990 Overland Ave, Culver City, California
    Iris’s Rosehill Cottage (Interior).
    Private Residence
    163 S. Rockingham Ave, Brentwood, California
    Arthur Abbott’s house.
    Shere
    Shere, Surrey, England
    The village where Iris’s home is located.
    The White Horse Tavern
    Shere Ln, Shere, Guildford GU5 9HS, United Kingdom
    The pub where Graham and Amanda have their first date.
    Wattle and Daub
    The Old House, 18-20 Church Street, Godalming, GU7 1EW
    Where Amanda buys groceries in England.
    Cornwell Manor
    Cornwell, Chipping Norton OX7 6TT, United Kingdom
    Where Graham and Amanda have lunch. (Exterior)
    Greystone Mansion
    905 Loma Vista Dr, Beverly Hills, California
    Where Graham and Amanda have lunch. (Interior)
    Mill House 3
    Wonersh, Surrey
    Graham’s home (Exterior).
    Private Residence
    2210 Neutra Place, Los Angeles, California
    Miles’s home (Exterior).
    The Grill on the Alley
    9560 Dayton Way, Beverly Hills, California
    Where Iris takes Arthur for dinner.
    Blockbuster Video (Closed)
    11770 San Vicente Boulevard, Brentwood, California
    Miles and Iris’s trip to the video store.
    Chaya Venice (Closed)
    110 Navy Street, Venice, California
    Miles and Iris’s sushi date.
    Fish Out of Water
    Friends to Lovers
    Racing for Love
    Romantic Locales
    Single Parents
    Starting Over
    Workplace
    Wrong Girl/Guy First

    Iris: I suppose I think about love more than anyone really should. I’m constantly amazed by its sheer power to alter and define our lives.

    Amanda: [to Graham] I’m not going to fall in love with you, I promise.

    Arthur: In the movies, we have leading ladies, and we have the best friend. You, I can tell, are a leading lady. But for some reason, you’re behaving like the best friend.
    Iris: You’re so right. You’re supposed to be the leading lady of your own life, for god’s sake! Arthur, I’ve been going to a therapist for three years, and she’s never explained anything to me that well. That was brilliant. Brutal, but brilliant.

    Graham: Yes, I am daddy.

    Graham: I’m a full-time dad. I’m a working parent. I’m a mother and a father. I’m a guy who reads parenting books and cookbooks before I go to sleep. I spend my weekends buying tutus. I’m learning to sew. I’m Mr. Napkin Head!

    Miles: Iris, if you were a melody… I used only the good notes.

    Iris: [to Jasper] Shush. You broke my heart. And you acted like somehow it was my fault, my misunderstanding, and I was too in love with you to ever be mad at you, so I just punished myself! For years! But you waltzing in here on my lovely Christmas holiday, and telling me that you don’t want to lose me whilst you’re about to get MARRIED, somehow newly entitles me to say, it’s over. This – This twisted, toxic THING between us, is finally finished! I’m miraculously done being in love with you! Ha! I’ve got a life to start living.

    Arthur: Say a man and a woman both need something to sleep in and both go to the same men’s pajama department. The man says to the salesman, “I just need bottoms,” and the woman says, “I just need a top.” They look at each other and that’s the ‘meet cute.’

    Graham: Well, I cry all the time.
    Amanda: You do not.
    Graham: Yeah I do. More than any woman you’ve ever met.
    Amanda: You don’t have to be this nice.
    Graham: It happens to be the truth.
    Amanda: Really?
    Graham: A good book, a great film, a birthday card, I weep.
    Amanda: Shut up.
    Graham: I’m a major weeper.

    Miles: You with me, Simpkins?
    Iris: Miles. You really are an incredibly decent man.
    Miles: I know. It’s always been my problem.

    Amanda: Sex makes everything more complicated. Even not having it, because the not having it… makes it complicated.
    Graham: That’s why it’s better to have it… some say.

    • This film was written specifically with Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, and Jack Black in mind.
    • Miles’s studio setup, seen in the opening scene, with a keyboard, monitors, sound modules, etc., was copied directly from Hans Zimmer’s studio, who composed the film’s score.
    • The house used for Arthur Abbott’s house was owned by actress Phyllis Diller at the time of shooting and is located in the Brentwood section of Los Angeles, California.
    • A few months after the movie came out, the popularity of “house swapping” was on the rise. So much so, in fact, that police in England had to issue a warning against swapping homes with strangers due to identity fraud and murders.
    • The example Arthur uses to explain a “Meet Cute” to Iris is from Bluebeard’s Eighth Wife (1938). Strangers Claudette Colbert and Gary Cooper meet while shopping. He buys the bottoms and she buys the top of the same pair of pajamas.
    • Nancy Meyers specifically wrote the role of Miles for Jack Black after seeing his performance in School of Rock (2003).
    • Eli Wallach’s character, Arthur, says, “I haven’t been that busy since 1978”. Six movies were released in 1978 for which Wallach is credited.
    • When Miles is humming movie scores to Iris in Blockbuster Video, he does Hans Zimmer’s score from Driving Miss Daisy (1989). Hans Zimmer did the score for this movie.
    • Jack Black considers his role as Miles to be his best performance.
    • When Iris is watching a movie in Amanda’s house, the film she is watching is His Girl Friday (1940).
    • Robert Downey Jr. and Jimmy Fallon auditioned to play Graham and Miles, respectively. Downey said, “We both got called in just as seat fillers… Nancy Meyers needed someone to read with the gals and we’re sitting there going, ‘It’s about to happen for us.’ And I was like, ‘I’ve got to have a better English accent than Jude Law at this point.’ And Winslet said, ‘That was the worst British accent I’ve ever heard.’ And I was like, ‘I’ll check out now, but I’m taking the gummy bears from the minibar.’”
    • Amanda’s stack of books on the plane to England are: “The Kite Runner” by Khaled Hosseini, “The Power of Now” by Eckhart Tolle, “Atonement” by Ian McEwan, “Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln” by Doris Kearns Goodwin, “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone” by J.K. Rowling, “Bob Dylan Chronicles” by Bob Dylan, “The Corrections” by Jonathan Franzen, “Runaway” by Alice Munro, “The Wisdom of Forgiveness: Intimate Journeys and Conversations” by The Dalai Lama and Chan Victor.
    • The film includes a (fake) trailer for a movie starring James Franco and Lindsay Lohan opening on Christmas Day.
    • Dustin Hoffman’s cameo in Blockbuster Video was unscripted. He just happened to be passing by when he saw a movie was being filmed inside. Being a friend of Nancy’s, Dustin agreed to have a brief appearance.

    AwardsYearRecipientCategoryResultALMA Awards2007Cameron DiazOutstanding Actress – Motion PictureNomineeInternational Film Music Critics Award (IFMCA)2006Hans ZimmerBest Original Score for a Comedy FilmWinnerIrish Film and Television Awards2007Kate WinsletBest International ActressNomineeMTV Movie + TV Awards2007Jude Law, Cameron DiazBest KissNomineeTeen Choice Awards2007The HolidayChoice Movie: Chick FlickWinnerTeen Choice Awards2007Cameron DiazChoice Movie: Hissy FitNominee
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    Videos

    The Holiday

    11 Videos

    Official Trailer (HD)


    2:40
    Behind the scenes of Kate Winslet & Cameron Diaz Movie


    18:20
    You Absolutely Slept with Her! - The Holiday | RomComs


    4:38
    "You're The Leading Lady" | The Holiday | Love Love


    2:33
    Jack Black is King of Theme Tunes - The Holiday | RomComs


    2:44
    Iris Finds Out About Amanda And Graham | The Holiday | Love Love


    2:22
    Amanda Meets Graham's Daughters | The Holiday | Love Love


    2:40
    Iris FINALLY Breaks Things Off With Jasper | The Holiday | Love Love


    3:07
    Amanda Realizes She's In Love With Graham | The Holiday | Love Love


    4:36
    happy jude law in the holiday season | RomComs


    10:20
    jack black in the holiday is extremely hot, actually | RomComs


    10:08






    Song
    Artist
    Length
    Lyrics
    Maestro
    Hans Zimmer
    3:53
    Lyrics
    Iris and Jasper
    Hans Zimmer and Lorne Balfe
    3:24
    Lyrics
    Kayak for One
    Ryeland Allison
    1:30
    Lyrics
    Zero
    Hans Zimmer and Atli Örvarsson
    2:44
    Lyrics
    Dream Kitchen
    Hans Zimmer and Henry Jackman
    1:35
    Lyrics
    Separate Vacations
    Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe and Imogen Heap
    1:47
    Lyrics
    Anything Can Happen
    Hans Zimmer and Heitor Pereira
    0:48
    Lyrics
    Light My Fire
    Hans Zimmer
    1:14
    Lyrics
    Definitely Unexpected
    Hans Zimmer and Lorne Balfe
    3:34
    Lyrics
    If I Wanted To Call You
    Hans Zimmer and Atli Örvarsson
    1:50
    Lyrics
    Roadside Rhapsody
    Hans Zimmer and Henry Jackman
    1:39
    Lyrics
    Busy Guy
    Hans Zimmer and Henry Jackman
    1:28
    Lyrics
    For Nancy
    Hans Zimmer, Atli Orvarsson and Lorne Balfe
    1:27
    Lyrics
    It’s Complicated
    Hans Zimmer and Imogen Heap
    1:00
    Lyrics
    Kiss Goodbye
    Heitor Pereira and Herb Alpert
    2:33
    Lyrics
    Verso E Prosa
    Heitor Pereira
    1:59
    Lyrics
    Meu Passado
    Hans Zimmer, Henry Jackman and Lorne Balfe
    1:25
    Lyrics
    The ‘Cowch’
    Hans Zimmer, Heitor Pereira, Lorne Balfe and Imogen Heap
    2:42
    Lyrics
    Three Musketeers
    Hans Zimmer, Heitor Pereira, Lorne Balfe and Imogen Heap
    2:44
    Lyrics
    Christmas Surprise
    Hans Zimmer and Lorne Balfe
    2:32
    Lyrics
    Gumption
    Hans Zimmer, Atli Orvarsson and Henry Jackman
    3:45
    Lyrics
    Cry
    Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe and Heitor Pereira
    2:39
    Lyrics
    It’s a Shame
    The Spinners
    3:10
    Lyrics
    You Send Me
    Aretha Franklin
    2:29
    Lyrics

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    Blu-ray: July 19, 2011

    Blu-ray: February 11, 2014


    Song
    Artist
    Length
    Lyrics
    Maestro
    Hans Zimmer
    3:53
    Lyrics
    Iris and Jasper
    Hans Zimmer and Lorne Balfe
    3:24
    Lyrics
    Kayak for One
    Ryeland Allison
    1:30
    Lyrics
    Zero
    Hans Zimmer and Atli Örvarsson
    2:44
    Lyrics
    Dream Kitchen
    Hans Zimmer and Henry Jackman
    1:35
    Lyrics
    Separate Vacations
    Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe and Imogen Heap
    1:47
    Lyrics
    Anything Can Happen
    Hans Zimmer and Heitor Pereira
    0:48
    Lyrics
    Light My Fire
    Hans Zimmer
    1:14
    Lyrics
    Definitely Unexpected
    Hans Zimmer and Lorne Balfe
    3:34
    Lyrics
    If I Wanted To Call You
    Hans Zimmer and Atli Örvarsson
    1:50
    Lyrics
    Roadside Rhapsody
    Hans Zimmer and Henry Jackman
    1:39
    Lyrics
    Busy Guy
    Hans Zimmer and Henry Jackman
    1:28
    Lyrics
    For Nancy
    Hans Zimmer, Atli Orvarsson and Lorne Balfe
    1:27
    Lyrics
    It’s Complicated
    Hans Zimmer and Imogen Heap
    1:00
    Lyrics
    Kiss Goodbye
    Heitor Pereira and Herb Alpert
    2:33
    Lyrics
    Verso E Prosa
    Heitor Pereira
    1:59
    Lyrics
    Meu Passado
    Hans Zimmer, Henry Jackman and Lorne Balfe
    1:25
    Lyrics
    The ‘Cowch’
    Hans Zimmer, Heitor Pereira, Lorne Balfe and Imogen Heap
    2:42
    Lyrics
    Three Musketeers
    Hans Zimmer, Heitor Pereira, Lorne Balfe and Imogen Heap
    2:44
    Lyrics
    Christmas Surprise
    Hans Zimmer and Lorne Balfe
    2:32
    Lyrics
    Gumption
    Hans Zimmer, Atli Orvarsson and Henry Jackman
    3:45
    Lyrics
    Cry
    Hans Zimmer, Lorne Balfe and Heitor Pereira
    2:39
    Lyrics
    It’s a Shame
    The Spinners
    3:10
    Lyrics
    You Send Me
    Aretha Franklin
    2:29
    Lyrics

    Table Header

    Blu-ray: July 19, 2011

    Blu-ray: February 11, 2014
  • ‘Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore’ (2022): Random Reviews

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  • ‘The Holiday’ (2006) Review

    ‘The Holiday’ (2006) Review

    In London, Iris (Kate Winslet) is told a colleague she’s been in love with for three years is engaged to another. Amanda (Cameron Diaz) lives in Los Angeles with her unfaithful boyfriend. On an impulse, the women decide to swap homes on a house exchange website over the Christmas holiday to try to mend their hearts and forget the men who broke them. In L.A., Iris meets Miles (Jack Black), a film composer and friend of Amanda’s ex, while Amanda begins a complicated romance with Iris’s brother Graham (Jude Law) while in Surrey.

    Like most romantic comedies, the plot itself is fantastical and requires an extension of belief, but if you’re willing to do that, and why wouldn’t you be, you’ll find The Holiday charming and romantic. Of the five main characters, each has experienced love differently.

    Arthur (Eli Wallach) married the love of his life and remained married for 40+ years until his wife’s passing. Graham is a widower with two little girls, Miles is in a relationship with an aspiring actress who is clearly out of his league (and he knows it), Iris has been suffering from unrequited love from a colleague who continues to take advantage of her affection, and Amanda is a woman who has difficulty opening herself up to love because of her parent’s divorce. I have to imagine at least one of these scenarios could be relatable to anyone watching, and I felt for all of them on a different level.

    “Say a man and a woman both need something to sleep in and both go to the same men’s pajama department. The man says to the salesman, “I just need bottoms,” and the woman says, “I just need a top.” They look at each other and that’s the ‘meet cute.’” – Arthur

    While it feels like The Holiday focuses a bit more on the intense love story between Graham and Amanda, I prefer Iris’s self-discovery story. Her friendship with Arthur and a budding romance with Miles felt more believable to me (and yes, I will always love the ‘schlubby guy’ getting the beautiful girl in any rom-com). That’s not to say I didn’t enjoy Cameron Diaz and Jude Law’s story. Their chemistry was instant and only improved once Graham’s children were thrown into the mix. I’m thrilled he wasn’t written as a cad who the blonde American beauty must tame.

    I still feel like the score Miles wrote for Iris was one of The Holiday‘s best parts, along with his singing of various film scores in the video store, which I found stupidly charming. I’m also a sucker anytime a man cries when he sees the love of his life (I’m looking at you, Jude Law).

    “Iris, if you were a melody… I used only the good notes.” – Miles

    The Holiday is one of my favorite romantic movies to watch this time of year; although I couldn’t tell if it was because it was so late when I watched it or what, but it does feel a bit ‘long’ at times compared to other rom-coms.

    “You’re supposed to be the leading lady of your own life, for god’s sake!” – Words to live by. Thank you Nancy Meyers!

    Also, Diaz reminds me of a young Ellen Barkin in this movie. Just sayin’.

    Watched: 10/21/2018
    Notable Song: Just for Now by Imogen Heap

    Rating: