2006 · comedy · romance · drama
The Holiday (2006)
Directed by Nancy Meyers2h 16m2006
Two women, one American and one British, swap homes at Christmastime following bad breakups. Each woman finds romance with a local man but realizes that the imminent return home may end the relationship.
Our read: The Holiday (2006) (2006) reads as a cosy, steady, grounded comedy · romance · drama entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, steady, gentle comedy / romance, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, tender.
- cosy
- redemptive
- tender
- intimate
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