100 Word Reviews - The Holiday (2006)

In time for Christmas, Hollywood delivers yet another dull film about white middle class citizens on a journey of self-discovery. Far from being the “cute” Christmas classic your secondary school classmates proclaimed it to be, this is arguably one of the most redundant romantic films of our time. The UK’s national treasure, Kate Winslet, is sent to America and replaced by Cameron Diaz, much like in science fiction horror when a human is replaced by a disguised, soul harvesting alien. It is a festive panoply of cultural stereotypes with an added mixture of self-indulgence, self-importance, and a sprinkling of consumerism.