Not a great film!!

Rating: Null/10 (7 December 2006)

The Holiday, was a waste of two and a half hours and £8. The stories reminded me of many other genuinely funny rom coms. I thought I was watching Bridget Jones to start, then I recognised a bit of Notting Hill and ended with possibly Love, Actually. The writer has embarked on an interesting but entirely predictable story and poorly concocted romantic scenarios in a way that has little or no punch and looks like a debut screenplay.The director coaxed their extremely talented leading cast into a "do your best with the script we have", who did do their best i'm sure, but I've never seen a cast look uncomfortable, even in character, with what they are asked to perform. It was embarrassing to watch them , almost cringe worthy. I fully realise I was there to see a romantic comedy, romantic it was, to the point of being sickly, but a comedy it was not. Seeing the jokes come and go, me and the rest of the packed theatre were quiet through most of these "funny moments". I mainly found myself wanting it to be funnier or anticipating that surprise that I didn't expect, but this was to no avail. Well marketed though!!!