A Trip To Forget

Rating: 1/10 (9 January 2007)

If you like heart warming, intelligent, romantic comedies, then avoid this film.
It lacks any of the wit or sparkle of say, Notting Hill or As Good As It Gets, and unlike those films its hard to root for these cardboard cut out characters.
There are constant references to old movies, snappy dialogue, Cary Grant, the sort of films that aren't made any more, and judging by The Holiday they really can't make them like they used to. On top of that it is sooo long. If it was an hour shorter it may have been acceptable, but its epic length left me hating every second of this lazy, flabby, manipulative 'comedy'.
All of the actors have done infinitely better work, especially a extremely subdued Jack Black, see School of Rock, There's Something About Mary, or Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind instead.
As for The Holiday, watch the trailer, look at the poster, it tells you all you need to know, there is nothing at all to be gained from watching the film.
Be warned.