The Holiday (2006)

Okay, I decided to greatly reduce the length of my posts because no one would want to read a super long and boring… post.


I watched The Holiday right after watching Knight and Day (maybe I should write about this next) and fell in love with it instantly. Also, I became a fan of Cameron Diaz – she’s so cute despite her age!


The Holiday (2006)
Director:
Nancy Meyers


Writer:
Nancy Meyers


Release Date:
8 December 2006

Basically, Amanda and Iris both have complications with guys, and they both decide a vacation to a different country wouldn’t hurt. Amanda finds a home exchange program online which leads her to find the cottage in Surry, England – Iris’s house. So Iris goes to Amanda’s house in L.A., and Amanda goes to Iris’s. They end up finding a new love!!

 

Well, my little summary makes the movie look really boring, and the plot may sound very typical, but I really enjoyed watching this movie. Personally, I liked Amanda’s love story better because Graham (Jude Law), her new boyfriend, is adorable and sweet and HOT. & gotta love his British accent. :D

Graham is such a sweet man; I wish to find a man like him in the future hehehe. He says in the movie that he’s a “major weeper”. Aw, how adorable! And he’s able to change Amanda who was so detached from love and emotion.

I think it’s safe to say that I love this movie because of him. He makes their love so cute and lovely!!

He is Mr. Napkinhead <3 (you’ll know what that is once you watch the movie)


Iris! She is such a kind person, way too kind… so she gets hurt so often:
“I understand feeling as small and as insignificant as humanly possible. And how it can actually ache in places you didn't know you had inside you. And it doesn't matter how many new haircuts you get, or gyms you join, or how many glasses of chardonnay you drink with your girlfriends... you still go to bed every night going over every detail and wonder what you did wrong or how you could have misunderstood. And how in the hell for that brief moment you could think that you were that happy. And sometimes you can even convince yourself that he'll see the light and show up at your door. And after all that, however long all that may be, you'll go somewhere new. And you'll meet people who make you feel worthwhile again. And little pieces of your soul will finally come back. And all that fuzzy stuff, those years of your life that you wasted, that will eventually begin to fade.”

Iris, too, changes. She becomes the “leading lady of her own life” and gets “gumption”.

Miles is just like Iris in a way. He too has a very kind personality.
One of my favorite quotes:
"Iris, if you were a melody... I used only the good notes."

I just want to add lastly… The soundtracks were absolutely gorgeous…