The Holiday, starring Jude Law, Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jack Black, and Eli Wallach, among others. It’s interesting to see that Jack Black can be romantic and comical and serious — his game with the movie scores in the video store is fantastic. I love Kate Winslet’s character, because I’ve been there: you keep going back to the person who is completely wrong for you, then one day you wake up and realize you’re better off without him, and you feel completely free — that moment when she cries out with joy and puts her hands up over her head in celebration, I know exactly how that feels. At the same time, I can really identify with Cameron Diaz’s character, because she’s high-strung and organized to a fault just like me. Then, of course, there is Jude Law, who manages to be disgustingly sexy even though he’s a completely typical guy who goes out and gets drunk and sleeps around — but at the same time he’s the completely endearing widower / single father.
I must say, though, my favorite aspect of this movie is Eli Wallach’s character, Arthur Abbott. An adorable little old man who shuffles around on his own and reminisces about the old days when movies were made for the art of it, when acting was great, when actors were multi-talented, when the industry wasn’t so commercialized. “This was some meet-cute!” Ah, love it!
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