The Holiday
Kate Winslet , Cameron Diaz , Jack Black and Jude Law form an interesting and at times delightful ensemble in this light romantic comedy. The plot: Amanda Wood (Diaz) is an overworked, emotionless Hollywood trailer guru (she owns a company that makes the trailers for movies). After breaking up with her boyfriend ( Edward Burns ), she decides at the spur of the moment to take a vacation - she goes onto a web site that specialises in house swaps. There she sees and decides on a small cottage in the Cotswolds owned by Iris (Kate Winslet), a marriage columnist with The Telegraph . Iris is aching to get away for a while after the man she has been in love with for 3 years announces that he is marrying someone else; she jumps at the change to swap with Amanda and jet out to sunny LA. After spending 6 hours in the Cotswolds in Iris's cottage, around 1AM, Amanda decides it is a huge mistake and decides to head home just about the time that a drunk Graham (Jude Law) starts knocking on th...