In this instance, all three click, with the skill of the actors getting an edge. In “meet-cute” situations like this (Arthur even explains the concept to Iris) there’s not much outcome surprise, because we know going in that a happy ending is in the cards (on page 125 of the script, with hints starting on pages 5 and 15), so hopefully the fun comes from how it’s handled by writing, direction and casting. He also has two adorable kids (thank God he’s a widower!: the script both lets Amanda off the hook and ensnares her). Over in the cozy English country cottage Iris traded, Amanda meets ‘Graham’ (Jude Law), who besides being devil handsome and charming, is Iris’s brother. Iris is astounded at Amanda’s luxury digs in Brentwood, and she befriends film composer ‘Miles’ (Jack Black) and elderly ‘Arthur Abbott (Eli Wallach), a revered screenwriter, someone who knows his characters. Each have been left adrift by their unfaithful boyfriends, and both need an escape from the scenes of the heart crimes. ![]() ‘Iris’ (Kate Winslet), Londoner and columnist, and ‘Amanda’ (Cameron Diaz), L.A.-based producer of movie trailers, meet online and decide to do a temporary house swap over the Christmas holidays. ![]() THE HOLIDAY, written, produced and directed by hitmaker Nancy Meyers for the end-of-year festive slate of 2006, is a pleasing rom-com entry, patently unsurprising in how it all ends up, and at 135 minutes, pushing it by 15 or 20, but it’s a very easy break to take, thanks mostly to the adept, personable and attractive stars.
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