
The Holiday - a wonderful throwback romantic comedy!

I'm someone whose preferences in film run to either foreign/indie/offbeat, or, when I'm in the mood, light romantic comedy but only if it's really good. I put off watching this film thinking it was not for me, and then one day while flicking, lingered, and was pleasantly surprised and then...delighted! The 4 actors are wonderful - even Cameron Diaz, (though not a favorite, I find quite good sometimes in comedies where she's never afraid to let herself go), LOVED Kate Winslett and Jude Law and Jack Black, whom I also love but who often goes overboard, I found restrained and adorable - his best since High Fidelity. The story is just wonderful - like all of those totally unrealistic romantic comedies of the past. Jude Law was told by the director to watch lots of old Cary Grant movies in preparation, and he is as cute and quirky as Cary in this one. Best of all, the script is a delight (Kate Winslett called it "Butter")...just right, not too much, funny light not guffaw funny, but you watch with a smile on your face from beginning to end. And the best thing of all was the choice for the two small girls...absolutely au naturel lovely! And here I am, I never write reviews...
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