Guest Blogger: Megan M2

The 2006 film The Holiday, directed by Nancy Meyers stars Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, and Jack Black. All four actors amazing at their work really made this movie outstanding. Cameron Diaz plays the role of an uptight movie trailer maker named Amanda who loves in Los Angeles California who has recently broken up with her boyfriend because he cheated on her. Amanda needs a break for reality so she decides to take a vacation. When she searches online she finds a house exchange website. On the website she finds Iris Simpkins whose role is played by Kate Winslet. Iris lives in London and writes the wedding column for the local newspaper. Iris soon realizes that the man she is in love with is soon to be married to another woman. Iris is heartbroken and is also in very much need a vacation so she logs onto the house swap website as well. The two women find themselves in very alone in each other’s houses. Iris and Amanda both discover they are in love, not with each other of course. Iris falls in love with Amanda’s co-worker and Amanda falls in love with Iris’ brother. When it is time for the when to go back to reality they are most dreadful of saying goodbye to their new found loves. Amanda had not cried since she was a child and her parents divorced, no matter how hard she tried, or how bad she wanted to but as soon as she says goodbye to Iris’ brother she finally cries after so many years. This romantic comedy will keep you on the edge of your seat, laughing, crying, and fantasizing throughout the entire movie. The Holiday got a ranking of 6.9/10, I think that it should have ranked much higher than that, probably around and 8/10. The Holiday is most definitely worth watching, it is a great love story with a lot of humor to it.