{"id":1624,"date":"2008-12-04T20:34:45","date_gmt":"2008-12-05T03:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/?p=1624"},"modified":"2008-12-04T20:44:11","modified_gmt":"2008-12-05T03:44:11","slug":"the-holiday-nancy-meyers-2006usa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/?p=1624","title":{"rendered":"The Holiday (Nancy Meyers, 2006): USA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Reviewed by <a href=\"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/?author=21\">Collier Grimm<\/a>. Viewed on DVD.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/theholiday_movie.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1625\" src=\"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/theholiday_movie-325x203.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"325\" height=\"203\" style=\"margin: 0px 10px 0px 0px; float: left\" srcset=\"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/theholiday_movie-325x203.jpg 325w, https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/theholiday_movie.jpg 485w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><\/a>If you\u2019re searching for that warm and fuzzy feeling this season you must rent, <span style=\"underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0457939\/\" target=_new>The Holiday<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Amanda Woods (Cameron Diaz), and Iris Simpkins (Kate Winslet) live an ocean apart but share something in common. Both are suffering from failed relationships and decide to seek an alternative to spending their holidays alone.<span>\u00a0 <\/span>With the hopes of distracting themselves from a pity party the two meet online and decide to swap houses for the holiday season.<\/p>\n<p>Amanda, a Hollywood glamour girl, flies to Surrey, England and realizes she is stuck in a teeny cottage, surrounded by snow, in a town that looks like it\u2019s straight out of a fairy tale. Iris seems to have gotten the better end of the stick and is pleasantly surprised to find she is staying in a giant LA mansion, pool and palm trees galore. And although both were seeking drama-free sanctuary during Christmas, they soon find themselves surrounded by men.<\/p>\n<p>The film is silly and predictable, but highly enjoyable. Jude Law plays Amanda\u2019s gorgeous love interest with unexpected baggage, and Jack Black tones it down just enough to become somewhat believable as a leading man. <span style=\"underline;\">The Holiday<\/span>, is sure to win you over if you\u2019re seeking love, comedy, or just something easy and Christmas-y!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reviewed by Collier Grimm. Viewed on DVD. If you\u2019re searching for that warm and fuzzy feeling this season you must rent, The Holiday. Amanda Woods (Cameron Diaz), and Iris Simpkins (Kate Winslet) live an ocean apart but share something in common. Both are suffering from failed relationships and decide to seek an alternative to spending [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1624","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dvd","category-films"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1624","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1624"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1624\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/studentfilmreviews.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}