I rewatched The Holiday (2006) // Nancy Meyers' Best?! // 

This is a high quality version of a Hallmark movie. Such a classic. Jack Black’s character in the video store scene is my spirit animal 😂😂😂

Iris needed to find her own strength and self reliance, Amanda needed to find her whimsy and romance. They both get what they need. I love this movie so much. Every point is perfect. I never found Jack Black or Jude Law attractive until this

This is where I first heard the term "meet/cute"

The best modern Christmas romance film ever!! I only found out about it last year but, it became an instant hit for me. And I agree. The Soundtrack was ~perfect~

My friend pointed out that "Rose ends up with Jack in this movie" and I couldn't stop laughing. Also, the restaurant scene with Iris and Miles is my favorite because it marks the point where Iris sees her exact situation from the outside looking in, gets perspective, and is fully ready to handle Jasper. 😀

Amanda needed passion, and Iris needed to find first self worth then love could fall into place. Her discovery of gumption, self worth and seeing herself as a leading lady was what she needed in order for love to find her, properly. Much like you I imagine.

One of my favorite films ever. My favorite scenes are those with Eli Wallach. My favorite moment in the movie is when She sees the Oscar. Happy New Year!

I saw this movie last week when I was sick with covid, and I'm so happy I did. It's such a masterpiece in its themes of love and hope. I relate so much with Iris, being really emotional, and I spent so many years of my life hung up on someone who didn't and wouldn't ever love me, so I understand what she was going through so much. Those little bits of interest Jasper would show her just to keep her interested in him... it's such a cruel game, and I'm glad she had the strength to see past it and fight for herself and her happiness. Once she did so, she was able to find Miles, who truly loved her for who she was. Amanda and Graham had fantastic chemistry and I love all their moments, too. My favourite scene of theirs was when Graham and his daughters invited Amanda to the tent, and they were looking up at the lights and decorations. His daughters had accepted Amanda and it was beautiful to see her becoming a part of their family, too. The ending scene when everyone is together enjoying each other's company was magnificent and I was beaming and tearing up the entire time. Such an incredible movie beyond words.

First, you’re killing it with these videos. Second I always find Nancy Meyers films fascinating. Maybe it’s because I love homey looking kitchens.

Jude Law is a great actor, first movie I remember seeing him in was Gattaca.

In fact this was the first romantic movie I allowed myself to watch, and oh course in theaters, after my fiancee called off our engagement less than a month before we were set to be married. I wouldn't see romantic movies since I was resentful of them but with Nancy I had to see it. And honestly it made me hopeful as so many of her films do especially with Zimmer, who sadly also passed away, scoring another masterpiece.

A year late to this review, but so happy to see The Holiday get some love! It's one of my must watch Christmas movies every year. I love the cheesy, cozy feel of it and the humor.

I moved to England in 2006! And I lived less than 1 hour drive from Shere, in Surrey! Nothing could stop me from going there, and to Guildford, after seeing this fantastic film!! I popped in to the White Horse Pub! Walked the streets of this charming village, walking past the Shere’s church, up the hill to the place where Iris’s Rose Hill cottage was! What an experience! I even went there in spring, in summer, autumn and winter! While being there I found out that Shere was also a filming location for another, nice romantic comedy, The Wedding Date. I consider myself really lucky, I lived so near by...

Jude Law is so beautiful in this film. This is also pretty much the only film I like Jack Black in. He’s so endearing and charming and sweet in it.

I've never seen this movie so I just watched it tonight to get into the holiday spirit. I love how much they embrace the corniness of romance at Christmastime without vomiting christmas all over the movie. Definitely timeless!!

i just think Cameron's hair is so pretty in this movie. the color, the cut, the smoothness is just glorious here.

Just re-watched it after many years. I had forgotten so much. Actually, what makes the movie for me is the old screenwriter. The time and care to develop that "tangent" elevates the whole thing. And he's such a delightful character.

I'm a 30-something male who likes a romantic comedy every once in a while, and I *adored* this movie. I thought it was ingenious how they worked in a sort of self-parody of the rom-com genre, while being fully aware of how sappy it is, but not overdoing it. I also really liked how it wasn't a perfect 'happily ever after' ending, at least for Amanda and Graham. Yes, she's staying a little while longer, but she will eventually have to go back to L.A. But the brilliant thing is, the movie gives the audience everything they need to work it out on their own. There is enough evidence to suggest that they figured things out, and were eventually married, most likely with Amanda moving to England. The scenes with Graham's daughters were heart-melting. What woman *wouldn't* want to be their stepmother, especially if their father was Jude Law?

The first time the Wife and I watched this movie, the Wife hated the movie. Now it is one of her favorite movies. She tells me she can not understand why she hated it so much. We both Love the friendship between Iris and Arthur. I was dispatched to fix a customer's telephone line near Pyramid Lake, Nevada. When I finished the elderly lady wanted to show me around her ranch to see all the owl nest with babies. She invited me to bring our children to show them the baby owls, which I came back over the weekend with the Wife and Children. I learned the ranch had the house of Clark Gable, and they used it during the filming of the movie The Misfits, with Eli Wallach. I had never seen the movie, so we rented it and watched the movie, just to see the house. I laughed because in the opening scene where Clark Gable is putting a lady on the train to Chicago, it is a West bound train. In Reno the railroad station is on the South side of the tracks. On the Holiday, I love how the gardener is trying to tell him do not tell her. Love Iris's dog. My favorite scene is the three way phone call, Kate Winslet does such a wonderful job in the scene. The Wife and I have wondered about Amanda's coats, if she brought all of them, or is she wearing some of Iris' coats. The first time we saw this movie was in our house on one of the movie channels.

I watched this once years ago, but rewatched. Wow I didn't realize then how good this movie is. So much depth and great filmmaking.

I completely forgot how much I loved this movie. I´m just re-experiencing it today in all the right ways. I´m so sad they don´t make movies like this anymore today, but it´s definitely a perfect feel good movie. 10/10 on every level! I absolutely love it! ❤

Her best is Father of the Bride, but this is a good one!

How well I relate to the character of Iris in this movie. Maybe more of us than care to admit fall prey to a guy who cannot or will not commit--at least not to us. They want to hedge their bets by stringing you along with their habitual unfaithfulness. Even when faced with committing to another woman as with Jasper Bloom, they can't bear the thought of letting you go so you can move on. You do have to get to a point where you say, "Enough! I deserve to be in love with someone that loves me just as completely and desperately as I am with them." Amanda on the other hand, is another type of woman altogether. Fearful of surrendering her heart and getting it smashed to pieces--she always keeps that one little corner of her heart guarded and safe where no one can hurt it. Jack Black's character Miles, is the kind of guy I eventually fell for and married. I never ran into the architype played by Jude Law. If there were widowers my age, I never ran into them. But the movie does hold a mirror up to our faces that magnifies our flawed judgement and eventually teaches us that we deserve more.

I'm writing my own series. This film and You Got Mail are like the benchmarks for meet/cute scenarios.

I love all NM’s work, and I watch The Holiday regularly, but I think Something’s Gotta Give is the best.

ok so apparently i’m too young to have grown up watching and hearing a lot about nancy meyers movies but old enough to have grown up watching shows that occasionally reference nancy meyers movies and i’m only just now realizing that she’s not some random actress omg... thank you for enlightening me LMAO this film seems like my cup of tea!! it definitely looks and feels timeless but that cast screams 2006 and i LOVE IT.

You and Popcorn in Bed are my absolutely favorite review/reactions! Please keep them coming!

I feel like this film is so underated. Like I love it so much, but I rarely hear anyone talking about it today.

Great movie. I would watch it every time it came on TV. Still one of my all time favorite Christmas movies to watch.

This along with Last Holiday are in my regular Christmas movie rotation. Also White Christmas and Ebbie. I would love to see you watch any of those. Last Holiday in particular.

Chanukah is rarely ever seen to be celebrated in film, so i love the Chanukah party in the film. Definitely made me nostalgic for celebrating Jewish holidays with my friends before covid.

I loved The Holiday so much! I was so happy to find out that the UK part of the movie, where Iris’s Rose Cottage was was shot in a real village, Shere in UK. Since at that time I lived in Brighron which was about one hour drive from Shere - I had to go there! - I felt as if I was in the movie. Everything was there, the village, the streets, the church with the graveyard, the hills with the view of the clock tower, the cosy White Horse Pub, where I had a British cup of cream tea wth scones... The only thing missing... was ... The Rose Cottage... :( which was purposedly built of fibre carbon just for the movie. But the view from where the cottage stood on the lill was exactly the same! I considered myself so lucky, I could find an visit this charming village! (...in which A Wedding Date was also filmed, btw....)

Seen in theater than hundreds of time afterward. This and Family Stone are my fav holiday family flicks. Really wonderful bonus commentary on DVD if you can find it w Nancy Hans Kate and I think Cameron and set designer. They built Kate's cottage from scratch.. I thought Judes girls were delightful and so believable as his daughters and sisters. Absolutely best girls tent and live the scene with them in it. And Jude has a cow! And Jude in that blue sweater w his blue eyes is enough to make a person swoon!!!

Think this is the first of your watches I've seen that was a re-watch for both of us. I wasn't sure how I'd take watching a re-watch vs. the "omg what just happened" of the first time watches. I've decided that both are fantastic ways to take in a film. Your enthusiasm for a genre I'm a huge fan of myself comes across just as much for the re-watches as it does the first times.

Still waiting on Risky Business, as we chatted about, lol. Found it funny that you described "The Holiday" as "the holiday" movie for you! lol Love this movie to no end, and perhaps my favorite line from Jude was, "AmandaWood? Is that all one word?" The scenes with the daughters rip me apart in such a splendid way. And the key moment, when the voice over says "Amanda Woods, welcome back"....tears immediately!

Considering the size of that bed and the fact that we never actually see Iris in her bedroom I wouldn't be surprised if that is a spare bed in a spare room since we already know Grahm comes over regularly. And the couch comment could just be because he's so drunk he can't get up the stairs. Just a possibility. It would make their having sex, likely multiple times Christmas Eve a lot less discomforting

The Holiday is part of a Christmas Day movie marathon for me, my mom and my sister.

You’ve become one of my fav reactors Talking love for this movie, the wind stuff, and Hans Zimmer Thank you!

I loooovvved Kate Winslet in this movie. She is so good that she does great without trying. She just flows so effortlessly.

Woohoo Shanelle!! Your Virginia Beach fans are so proud of you

I was bummed about your comments about Jack Black. I love his performance in this film and I actually feel like he is just being himself.

Eli Wallach at 10:56! Wow forgot he is in this movie! The Ugly in The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly. Classic actor.

Just found your channel tonight, and this is my third one of your reviews in a row! Love your reactions, and that you can dissect a film in all its aspects. I sadly haven't really found much opportunity to use my Film Studies major other than personal criteria. I'm also a bit iffy on the auteur theory, but agree it's a great categorizing tool. I look forward to watching more of these reviews from you, and hope you do a live stream soon!!!

Jus barley seeing this, I absolutely love this movie! I watch it every year around the Holidays and I very often cheat and watch it before the holidays as well, the score is soooo amazing, and the first song is definitely on my Christmas playlist. So glad you rewatched this! Also, I’m a straight man and am completely taken by Jude Law in this movie! Haha

Ok... I LOVE LOVE LOVE the Holiday... for several years it was my sleep movie... the very PERFECT sleep movie.... I could sleep through it and know if I woke up at any point in the movie ... it would make me happy to see that scene... no matter what scene it was... I have literally seen the movie 100s of times at least in part... your review makes me want to set up a DVD to watch the movie as a sleep movie since insomnia is a huge problem for me these days... I love every single interaction between every character... so... there are some lesser known movies I love that I would love to see you watch.... like Creator with Vincent Spano, Virginia Mansen. Peter O'Toole, and Mariel Hemingway ... at one point it was my favorite movie... another fun movie I think you would like is Indian Summer about people in their 40s who go back to the summer camp where they met in the 60s ... also the movie Witness with Harrison Ford and Sabrina... there are two versions... one from the 50s or 60s with Audrey Hepburn and Humphrey Bogart and one from the 80s I think with Harrison Ford which I much prefer over the older version... I would be interested in hearing your opinion about it

This and You got Mail, Ocean 12 are my go to movies when feeling down

The little girls were MARVVELOUS

My favorite movie when I am feeling blue. It gives me such comfort. ❤

I absolutely love this movie.. came across it recently on youtube.. and watched it a few days back.. Really Love Jude law's look & character in this & how vulnerable a man can be. Iris & Amanda totally apart.. but their self-discovery is something worth a watch.

A few years ago My Daughters and I have added to our Christmas Movie List

Happy New Year Shanelle!! the hair is whip appeal ready nice!

Welcome to 2021! I’m so glad that I subscribed to your channel.

If I remember correctly, it's Cameron Diaz's first "slapstick" or physical comedy role. Such a great movie! The "Boob grease" was an actual accident/blooper that they chose to keep in the movie.

I think many directors have a specific style, but I also think that is not limited to directors. Like, I can recognise a Bryan Fuller production, it's very distinctive and there are a few editors, camera directors, and sound designers that have very recognisable styles. :)

2nd or 3rd favorite NM film after Parent's Trap....Towards the end of 2020, I was simply reminiscing about the film in my mind, and then I came home New Years Eve and found it on the television and thought: "Wow! What are the odds?! Let's rewatch!" and so I did and yeah, the film still gives me the same feeling I experienced back during the literary holidays of 2006 with my family.

8:11 That is 110% realistic woman-selected, woman-placed audio and video equipment. You can't be more authentic than that. Literally no man (at least a straight one) would ever choose that equipment nor place them in such a way! I'm pretty sure my mother had almost identical equipment in identically disastrous placements in her divorcé years, and at her cabin.

Omg... now all I want in 2021 is a Mr. Napkinhead pin! 🤣

The auter theory still applies because it doesn't apply to the whole movie only little quirks. And it is especially noteworthy in well known successful Directors. Example: Shane Black and Christmas. Either way it doesn't bother the collaboraters because it doesn't take away from the movie. And you are adorable the way you react to this movie. I also want to compliment your outfit and the way you light up as you watch this.

You are beautiful, spunky, intelligent, vibrant and full of life and you should not short sell yourself

Yearsss romance reaction!!! It's so hard for me to find them 😭 thank you!!!

Still love watching this movie at least once a year.

Favorite movie for holidays. Own the dvd and soundtrack 😎❤️

This movie is so fantastic! I have probably watched it every year since 2006 🙂

Happy New Years Shanelle. Thanks for giving me the idea for my daughter's birthday gift this year. Her favorite movie was Matilda growing up so I took your suggestion and bought the book Where Am I Now by Mara Wilson and I'm gonna suggest she do her own grown ass adult rewatch

Love this movie and I loved your review!!

This is what the Hallmark Movie Channel tries to do, but never gets close to it.

Love this movie during the holidays. Speaking of meet cutes, if you havent seen them already please react to 21 and 22 jumpstreet (the meet cute scene in 22 jump streat imo is hilarious)!

I can’t! You’re so stinking cute! I love your channel!

The BOOB GRACE I believe was ADD LIB by Jack Black

Being a straight dude I'm not sure if I could objectively say whether or not Jude Law was at his hottest but I was crushing pretty heavily on Cameron Diaz here.

One of the select few rom-coms I'll happily sit through.

Watching it now ❤

Ok I have always wondered if this movie was good ? So happy to be watching with you for the first time

This was peak Jude Law, he looks so damnnnnn good in this film

Arthur ELLI WALLACH goes way back for me and I see him completely different from his Wild West Days to this Movie but of course he is much older here

Nancy Meyers directed The Parent Trap. You should watch that one.

Jasper Bloom is one of the best villains of all time. Sure, you have Darth Vader, Lord Voldemort, and Hans Gruber. But what makes Jasper so despicable is that he's REAL. Everyone knows a schmuck like Jasper.

I want shanelle to direct my life

I love this movie but the timeline for Iris is jarring. She's been in LA for less than a week before she sees the letter for Arthur and he accepts the invitation. The meet up is on Christmas Eve? Thrown together in a few days? They were planning to do it without him if he didn't respond? I don't get it. Don't even get me started on the day of the event. Iris and Jack (whatever his name was) are having lunch and then both have huge life-changing conversations before the event -- that's a lot for one day. Amanda's romance is quick but the timeline doesn't feel quite so all over the place.

Love the analysis'!

Love this movie. Have ever since I saw it when it first came out and still try to see it nearly every Holiday. Feel free to comment on any or all my comments. Love to hear your responses.

My mom watched this movie when it’s on back to back, when it’s on every day around Christmas, when it’s on EVER. It. Is. MADDENING. Lol. I tolerated it because, well… Hans Zimmer.

Love this movie, so happy you like it. 🙂

You've mentioned *The Parent Trap* in multiple different videos, and every time I check your video list only to find that it's not there. Tease.

You’re right about Jude Law

Ohhhh WoW I didn’t know Hanz Zimmer did this score.

luv the holiday ! also think she made the intern !

In terms of auteur theory, I think there is a line to navigate the theory and Pauline Kael... The people we often cite as auteurs, let's say Martin Scorsese as nearly the Platonic ideal of this concept... they end up using the same editor from movie to movie. The same cinemaphotographer. The same composer. They have a vision for their films, and they somewhat early on find collaborators who speak their same language. My main criticism of Kael's criticism is it supposed different people with very different ideas coming together. In fact, people often find someone who understands them and wants to work with them again. The overall film is a collaboration. But the director is the coach of the team, and has drafted players who are in line with his gameplan and can see it through.

Since you are a fan of Nancy Meyers, maybe you can look back at two other films that I assume you probably watched earlier -- The Parent Trap and What a Woman Wants. It would be fun to hear your thoughts on them.

Who doesn’t like some classic Eli Wallach?

Loved your reaction. You clearly liked this movie.and it shows. I love rom-coms. Nancy Meyers and Nora Ephron are two of my favorites from this genre. I don't necessarily agree with the auteur theory, but you absolutely can watch certain films and know instinctively who directed it or who the Cinematographer was or who did the Score. This is true about Meyers, Ephron, Tarantino, the Coen Brothers, Scorsese and others. I don't necessarily believe it is that true about Ron Howard or Spielberg. I also agree with you about Jack Black. He seems miscast. I loved him in High Fidelity and School of Rock, but he just seems wrong for this. You should watch "Something's Gotta Give" and "It's Complicated". I especially liked Something's Gotta Give. Any way, two big tbumbs up and Happy New Year.

Did Everyone SPOT Dustin Hoffman In Blockbuster Video At 14:35???

This is a fun one for me. I don’t want to say guilty pleasure but...

top 3 all time xmas movie...HOLLA

This is after Christmas the speech.

Oh wow a nancy meyer fan too. My love deepens ha. Seriously though, even just by my pic you might think 'not really the demographic nancy is shooting for'. But they are some of my favorites. Holiday is my solid second probably but i think Something's Gotta Give will always be tops. Jack and diane. Harry Sanbourn and erica "Jaaane" berry (i looked ya up on the internet ha). too good. Edit: yes. I have the score from something's gotta Give and the holiday on my mp3 walkman. Yes, mp3 walkman.

Also, Hans Zimmer is a film score god!!!!!!!!

Every time I see this film each Christmas..It still hurts that Cameron Diaz unfathomably retired from acting.

We need a update who moved where? Are any married now? Kids? What happened to Kate's job when she got back,if she went back, working with miles wouldn't work surely? ...

IIRC correctly the tan was due to filming "The Talented Mr. Ripley" prior to reshoots???