Feeling romantic abroad

Rating: 8/10 (24 January 2011)

Amanda is a movie trailer editor in LA.Iris is a society column editor for The Daily Telegraph in London.Amanda finds out that her boyfriend Ethan is cheating on her.Iris' on-off boyfriend Jasper announces his engagement at the office Christmas party.To make the long story short, Amanda comes to stay at Iris' home at the countryside in Surrey, and vice versa.Amanda finds Iris' brother Graham attractive.Iris finds her soul mate in movie composer Miles.The Holiday (2006) is a romantic comedy directed by Nancy Meyers.Cameron Diaz does great job as Amanda Woods.Kate Winslet is amazing as Iris Simpkins.Jude Law is terrific as Graham Simpkins.Jack Black gives a rather funny performance as Miles Dumont.Eli Wallach is brilliant as Amanda's aging screenwriter neighbor Arthur Abbott.Shannyn Sossamon is very good as Miles' girlfriend Maggie.Edward Burns is great as Ethan Ebbers.And so is Rufus Sewell as Jasper Bloom.You can see veteran stars like Bill Macy playing Ernie and Shelley Berman playing Norman.Kathryn Hahn is Bristol.John Krasinski plays Ben.Dustin Hoffman gives a cameo at the video rental store, while Black talks about The Graduate.There's pretty much what I liked about this movie.The chemistry thing works between the main stars.But I must say above all was Eli Wallach and his performance.Just look at this over 90- year old gentleman giving a speech at the auditorium.Reminds me of his lifetime achievement award he's going to receive at the Oscars next month.Way to go, Eli! The Holiday is a feel-good movie, that I recommend.