Friday, January 18, 2008
The Holiday
Speaking of Holiday, Kristin and I finally got a chance to see the movie The Holiday (I have an ENORMOUS stack of DVDs I pick up on discount at the local video store when they are ready to get rid of them).This movie is a pleasant way to spend the time, but by no means a great film. Cameron Diaz's and Jude Law have chemistry, to be sure, but the films barely addresses the problems inherent in their relationship and never explores their tryst but at the most superficial levels. Nevertheless, they fit together like an old shoe; comforting, but something we've seen time and time again. In contrast, Jack Black and Kate Winslet's onscreen budding romance is wildly off-kilter; at times, it feels charming, and in others, scary and a bit creepy. I attribute that mainly to Jack Black's off-kilter persona more than anything.
The most satisfying elements of the film are in Kate Winslet's interactions with the other secondary characters - her on-again off-again lover and the elderly screenwriter that lives next to her in Beverly Hills. If the film had solely been about them, this could have been fantastic instead of just so-so.
Labels: Movies, My Cinematic 2 Cents
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