I've just watched The Holiday and now my toes need to be surgically unclenched

[MorrisZapp]

Worst film ever? Long, boring, weird, choppy editing, atrocious script, blatant Bridget Jones wannabe, and Jude fucking Law.

I've just realised I hadn't heard his voice before. Its the most unsexy voice this side of Jacob Rees Mogg.

Bizarre exercise montage in a pool.

World famous script writer with no friends until KW lovelies him.

When Diaz danced to the Killers I wanted to punch myself. I muted it and held on.

My sister in law watches this shite every year! I'm speechless. I don't want to see Jack Black kissing anybody, ever again. In fact I don't want to kiss anybody, ever again.

NO KISSING.

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Oh sorry they may have just been good friends but it was just such an idd thing to be written as script.

It’s gloriously dreadful. A massive dose of cheese. I have to watch it every year even though I know objectively it is quite terrible. But it is part of my Christmas traditions now (along with at least 10 other similarly dreadful Christmas films plus the truly fantastic Die hard 1 and 2 and home alone 1 and 2).

Favourite film

I agree with EVERYTHING on this thread.

The entire thing is just fucking awful but I CANT HELP BUT WATCH IT!

The bit when CD is in first class wit a huge stack of hardback books as she's going to sleep, and all I can think is "how the fuck did you carry all those books through security that YOURE NOT GOING TO READ CAMERON DIAZ!!"

Rufus Sewell is desperately miscast and not remotely attractive with that awful personality.
Jude Law was fucking awful with the "I cry at the drop of a hat" bullshit.

I keep searching my soul as to why I watch it, and it all boils down to Cameron Diaz's wardrobe. That's probably the best thing in it...

Yep that Killers sing-along scene is excruciating. I'd rather watch one of those cheesy Hallmark Christmas films than The Holiday. Plenty of chemistry in some of those, oh yes

Kates orgasm face when she is doing air guitar when her alarm goes off.

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just been reading this is the office about the holiday. I actually laughed out loud. xx

Totally utterly hate it. Watched it once but only got halfway through, everyone at work was aghast when I said this so next time it was on I thought I'd give it another go....big mistake! That's time from my life I will never get back!!!

ooh, this is my favourite genuinely awful film. I am magnetically drawn to it for reasons I will never understand. The plot is preposterous, the script cringeworthy, the acting universally terrible. I have seen it half a dozen times and would happily/unhappily watch again while hating myself a little bit.

This, exactly this.

Though I gave up trying to watch it last night on ITV2 because the adverts seemed to be every 5 minutes so I couldn’t get into the (terrible) story. Despite having seen it at least 10 times before.

How many times in one film can Cameron Diaz change her mind about travel plans and turn up grinning at Jude Laws door? I lost count at 27.

Love the snarky blog, which points out the WORST BIT, which is that Jude Law has sex with a woman he met literally ten minutes ago in his SISTERS BED.

Oh holy fuck. Uncurl me now, I don't deserve this.

OH I loved it! And I am the most cynical, hard-hearted cow ever!

Yes Pigflew, exactly that

This terrible film provoked dd's first public (in front of mum and dad) swear word.

An hour into it "God this is fucking shit"

I was quite proud. Dh had to leave the room to cough (snigger).

Jack Black gives me the creeps.

As romantic films go it's a lot more realistic and has less damaging messages than a lot of them

I love The Holiday! One (small) error that annoys my dh is the fact Arthur said that Cary Grant is from Surrey, yet he is from Bristol! We only know this as it is local to us. As I say, it is a minor error, but a fact I thought the production team would have checked before using it in the film!

Saw it for the first time at the weekend. DH & I were both “WTF” most of the way through.

It’s on Netflix AND Prime.

I love this movie. I love it because I love seeing Jack Black being romantic. I know this part is making you all ill, but we can't all fancy the same people now can we?!

One bit annoys me though. Kate gets home from work and is trying to keep her emotions in - puts the kettle on the hob - a very US way to make tea, no electric kettle for Kate like anyone else in the uk! Then it cuts away to a long shot of the cottage and there is a horrible wail of emotion, except it sounds silly like "ewwwwwwwaaaaahhhhhhsobsobsob"

Those of you who don't like this movie, Christmas Fettuccine to you!

Oh god yes the hob kettle! And CD being foxed by a five hundred quid Dualit coffee machine.

you have to love the settings though - the cottage and the whole LA thing, just great.

The cottage is hygge central but LA doesn't feel christmassy to me.

Jude Law makes me want to vomit into my hat and then wear it so it drips into my eyes and I don't have to look at his face.

This is brilliant. I've just had a real chuckle.

@MorrisZapp

one of the things I love about LA at Christmas is it doesn't feel like Christmas, you can just enjoy the sun and ignore the shite. Disclaimer - was back in UK by 22nd but at least going to shops didn't involve being driven mad by Xmas!!

I do know actual British people who do the hob-kettle thing. They're otherwise completely normal.

Rufus Sewell is a beautiful man that I shall forever remember brooding away in Middlemarch, but dear god he's difficult to find even vaguely attractive in this film.

Still better than Jude 'cheeky chappy' Law though.

OP I love a cheesy film but oh god I HATED The Holiday. Utter shite.