Not so hot

Rating: 2/10 (20 December 2006)

About two minutes into the movie I was ready to leave, certain I knew where it was going and tired already of Carmen Diaz Two and one half hours later I sure wished I'd followed my instinct. Less than my money back I wanted the time wasted on this insipid stem-winder. It all seemed so promising - Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Ed Burns... I hoped they would tone down Diaz and the ever-awful Jack Black. Wrong. When Burns exited stage right before the first reel, I wished I'd gone with him. Bad story, obvious direction, formulaic all the way,The Holiday lacks humor, charm and wit. It is a story told better elsewhere and I urge you to go there instead.