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Name: The Holiday
Director: Nancy Meyers
Genre: comedy, romance
Released: 2006
Duration: 2 h 16 min
Rating: 7

The Holiday has an iRankMovies score of 61.5/100, based on a weighted combination of IMDb (×3.0), Rotten Tomatoes (×2.0), Metacritic (×1.5), and TMDb (×1.0).

The Holiday (2006)

It's Christmas Eve and we are going to go celebrate being young and being alive.

Release:2006

Runtime:2h 16m

Country:United States

Director:Nancy Meyers

Language:English

Genre

ComedyRomance

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Keywords

London EnglandHolidayMovie BusinessChristmas PartyCountry HouseVacationSurreyromance

iRank62

The Holiday rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7/10· 365K votes

Rotten Tomatoes51%

Metacritic52%

TMDb7.1/10· 6K votes

With 51% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7/10 on IMDb and 52/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.

About The Holiday

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.

Cast of The Holiday

Cameron Diaz
as Amanda
Kate Winslet
as Iris
Jude Law
as Graham
Jack Black
as Miles
Eli Wallach
as Arthur
Edward Burns
as Ethan
Rufus Sewell
as Jasper
Miffy Englefield
as Sophie
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Emma Pritchard
as Olivia
Sarah Parish
as Hannah
Shannyn Sossamon
as Maggie
Bill Macy
as Ernie

The Holiday facts

Budget: $85M
Box office: $205.2M

Our take on The Holiday

Nancy Meyers builds this 2006 romance on a simple wish: escape your life for a while. Two women, one in Los Angeles and one in the English countryside, swap houses over Christmas after painful breakups, and each stumbles into a tentative romance with a local man. The looming return home hangs over both stories, giving the comfort a small ache. Meyers trades in cozy interiors, warm lighting and unhurried charm rather than sharp conflict, so it lives or dies on how much you enjoy its company. Ideal seasonal viewing for anyone craving a soft, good-natured love story with two parallel couples and a strong sense of place.

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