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30th December 2019
04:21pm GMT

Starring Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jack Black, and Jude Law, the quirky festive film follows the lives of two women - from LA and the British countryside respectively - who decided to switch homes for the holidays.
Unsurprisingly, much hi-jinx ensues as both women attempt to adjust to their new lives on the other side of the world.
There's also a simultaneous love story occurring as both Cameron and Kate fall for a couple of lads who also happen to be there amidst all of the fun.
The movie received decent enough reviews from fans and not so decent enough reviews from critics, who found that it was far too "corny" to really say anything notable.
"Grindingly predictable and sickeningly convenient, it's as false as a plastic tree," said Sky Cinema.
"While the director tips her hat to classic Hollywood comedies -- Iris watches Howard Hawks's His Girl Friday for lessons in leading-lady "gumption" -- The Holiday wallows in too much earnest relationship talk, without saying much," said Time Out.
"The Holiday is as corny as it gets, but in a cinemascape full of macho grunting and aggressive irony, Meyers is perhaps right to believe that corniness is what women - and their boyfriends - will be wanting," said the Daily Telegraph.
Worth a watch then, so.
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