A magical romantic journey "where anything can happen"

Rating: 8/10 (1 January 2007)

THE HOLIDAY is a feel good romantic comedy set in two magical kingdoms of England and Los Angeles and both are beautifully set, lit and add to the characters stories and journeys. Nancy Meyers has written a very entertaining film pleasing to the eye, and to the heart. After all the grim headline news, the Iraq war, and a series of dark films in 2006, THE HOLIDAY is a rich dessert to savor and enjoy. The audience at The Grove in Los Angeles did enjoy this film and left the theater feeling very warm inside.
The cast of Jude Law, Kate Winslet, Jack Black and Carmen Diaz worked magic on the screen and the warmth of the Santa Ana winds added to the excitement of Kate's journey to Los Angeles. Adding Eli Wallach and his group of friends was brilliant and his own journey and friendship with Kate was terrific and so enjoyable and added the luster of Hollywood history and screen writing to the story.
I hadn't planned on taking this HOLIDAY, but I wanted to have a film to begin the year 2007 in an upbeat and romantic mood, and thus THE HOLIDAY provided that impetus to start the new year in a bright and sunny Los Angeles with thoughts of THE HOLIDAY story and characters in my mind. Thank you, Nancy Meyers, for your film.