Predictable yet well acted romantic comedy

Rating: 7/10 (12 December 2006)

THE HOLIDAY (2006) **1/2 Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz, Jude Law, Jack Black, Eli Wallach, Edward Burns, Rufus Sewell, Shannyn Sossamon, Bill Macy, Shelley Berman, Kathryn Hahn, John Krasinski. Predictable yet well acted romantic comedy about two unlucky in love gals from opposite ends of The Big Pond  Brit newswoman Winslet hopelessly in love with cad co-worker Sewell and LA-based movie trailer producer Diaz in bad break up with jerk Burns  who exchange their living quarters for the winter holidays and wind up falling in love with respectively Black and Law. A real chick flick with all its sugary clichés and filmmaker Nancy Meyers really needs to make her female characters a tad more believable and a whole lot smarter. Still it is a delight to see Winslet in her first attempt at comedy and it suits her lovely.