The Holiday (2006)

"A leisurely feelgood rom-com."

"There's nothing authentic or personal about The Holiday - it's as chilling as heart-warmers get."

"A harmlessly cheery confection."

"The premise, so delectable at the start, quickly begins to feel tired and oversold."

"This overproduced romantic comedy doesn't even qualify as fluff; it's flat, featureless plastic."

"There is bound to be a large appreciative audience for this chick flick. But it might not be you."

"By now, Nancy Meyers knows exactly what women want --gorgeous locales, even more gorgeous actors, a sentimental love story calculated to make viewers hug themselves and maybe even each other -- and she doubles the formula to generally pleasing but thoroughly unsurprising effect in "The Holiday," a lavishly overstuffed gift basket of a movie..."

"What have we here? A holiday movie that doesn't make everyone grumpy? A romantic comedy with real sense of how romance feels, both good and bad, when caught in its throes?.."

"Nancy Meyers makes the kinds of films that people complain no one makes anymore. The Holiday is the type of welcome diversion that only Meyers still seems to specialize — a romantic comedy..."

"As reliably as Santa, this romantic comedy about a transatlantic house swap delivers Christmas sweets..."