Love doesn't need a vacation

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Movie
German title Love doesn't need a vacation
Original title The Holiday
Country of production United States
original language English
Publishing year 2006
length 130 minutes
Age rating FSK 0
JMK 0
Rod
Director Nancy Meyers
script Nancy Meyers
production Nancy Meyers,
Bruce A. Block
music Hans Zimmer
camera Dean Cundey
cut Joe Hutshing
occupation

Love Doesn't Need a Vacation (Original Title: The Holiday) is a 2006 American home exchange comedy film directed by Nancy Meyers .

action

Amanda Woods lives in Los Angeles and owns a Hollywood agency that produces movie trailers . She just broke up with her boyfriend, Ethan, after he fled her. Often she hears - when she is asleep or when something drastic happens in her life - a voice from a cinema trailer commenting on the events.

Ethan blames her for being the only woman who is able to break up with her boyfriend without crying. Amanda later tries to cry in vain when she is alone.

Iris Simpkins, who lives in Surrey , is a columnist for a London newspaper. She has been miserably in love with her colleague Jasper for three years, who is now announcing his engagement to another woman. Both women have had enough of men and therefore want to spend Christmas as far away as possible. They get to know each other through a home exchange platform on the Internet and decide that each will spend their vacation at the other's house

When Amanda cannot sleep due to the time difference on the day she arrives in Surrey, there is a knock on the door. It's Graham, Iris' brother, who, when he's a little drunk, always stays with his sister because he no longer wants to drive. He kisses her and Amanda, who spontaneously wants to have sex, sleeps with him.

She has already planned her departure for the next day because she feels lonely. However, Graham is able to convince her to stay in Surrey. They get to know each other better in a restaurant. Amanda says she saw her parents split up at the age of 15. She cried all night afterwards - but never again later. Graham replies that he cries a lot.

Iris is completely overwhelmed by the large villa she can now live in. Many famous movie stars live in their Los Angeles neighborhood. There she meets the 90-year-old former screenwriter Arthur Abbott, who is now a bit forgetful, and becomes friends with him. Abbott, who started out as a delivery boy in Hollywood, knew Cary Grant and even won an Oscar once . He gave up writing almost 30 years ago. He introduces Iris to the old Hollywood classics, which she practically devours.

Another acquaintance is the film music composer Miles, with whom she falls in love even though she knows he is with the actress Maggie. They spend some time together. Iris introduces him to Arthur Abbott. Arthur has since been invited to honor his life's work. He does not want to attend the event because he is convinced that hardly anyone will be there, but Iris persuades him to accept the honor. Miles decides to write a tune for Arthur for the occasion.

Meanwhile, Amanda and Graham develop a romance in Surrey. The only obstacle seems to be Sophie and Olivia, whose name Amanda sees on the display of Graham's cell phone. When she visits Graham one day at his house, it turns out that the two are his daughters, whose mother died two years ago. Graham says he didn't want to introduce his daughters to a woman they might never see again.

When Maggie cheats on her partner Miles with another actor, he spends the evening with Iris, who tells him about her experiences with Jasper Bloom. Later that day, Maggie calls about allegedly missing Miles. When Iris is sadly back in the villa, Jasper suddenly stands in front of the door and gives Iris to understand how much he has missed her - although he is still engaged to someone else. During their conversation, however, Iris realizes that she's over him and she throws him out.

Iris accompanies Arthur to his honor at the Writers Guild , to which many people have come, and meets Miles there, who has finally broken up with Maggie.

When the last day of vacation comes, Amanda and Graham agree to see each other as often as possible. Amanda cries in the taxi, which she hasn't been able to do for years. An off-voice says: Amanda Woods is back - it's the voice from the cinema trailers. Amanda turns the car around, urges the driver to hurry up, gets out and runs all the way back into the house. There she falls into the arms of Graham, who is also crying.

The film ends with the New Year's Eve party at Graham's house, which is also attended by Iris and Miles, as well as Sophie and Olivia.

Reviews

The film received mostly mixed to negative reviews, earning a 47% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 135 reviews. At Metacritic one could Metascore of 52, are on 31 reviews, achieved based.

English language reviews

Justin Chang wrote in Variety magazine on December 1, 2006 that Nancy Meyers knows exactly what women want: colorful scenes, even more colorful actors, a sentimental love story that gets the viewer under control. She used that formula again in this film, which was generally pleasing but not surprising at all. The overly long film is not nearly as clever as it would seem and succumbs to clichés that it claims to undermine. The courageous cast includes numerous stars.

Richard Roeper scoffed in the Chicago Sun-Times on December 8, 2006 that the film could have the same name as Déjà Vu because its elements were known. The representations are good, the film is “competent” and offers fun, but it is easy to forget (“This is a well-acted, thoroughly pleasant, quite competent and almost instantly forgettable Christmas film”).

Ruthe Stein wrote in the San Francisco Chronicle of December 8, 2006, that this is the film that has focused most on the subject of love since Actually ... Love . For the director and screenwriter Nancy Meyers it is her home area. The film is "ridiculously" long for a romantic comedy and should have been shortened by at least half an hour. He suffers from his "dreary" predictability. The facial expressions of Cameron Diaz "confuse", Kate Winslet gives the character of Iris "warmth" and "credibility".

German-language reviews

Christian Buß wrote in Spiegel on December 15, 2006 : “The fact that Meyers sprinkled some pretty tips against the current value-added machinery of the film industry in her bow to the old Hollywood studio system shows a certain self-irony. So here is wagered against the calculation with which blockbusters are pushed into the cinemas today. At the same time, however, Meyers, whose comedies have grossed over a billion dollars and who thus advanced to Hollywood's leading lady in terms of directing, is proving to have considerable business acumen. "

The lexicon of the international film said: “The conventionally but sympathetically developed and variedly staged love comedy can rely on a good cast of actors. At the same time a loving bow to the classic Hollywood cinema. "

Awards

The film received the Teen Choice Award in 2007 ; Cameron Diaz was nominated for the same award. Jude Law and Cameron Diaz were nominated for Best Kiss for the MTV Movie Award in 2007. Cameron Diaz was nominated for an ALMA Award in 2007. Kate Winslet was nominated for the 2007 Irish Film and Television Awards Audience Award. The German Film and Media Assessment FBW in Wiesbaden awarded the film the rating particularly valuable.

Trivia

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Release certificate for love does not need a vacation . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , November 2006 (PDF; test number: 108 246 K).
  2. ↑ Age identification for love does not need a vacation . Youth Media Commission .
  3. ↑ Love doesn't need a vacation at Rotten Tomatoes (English)
  4. ↑ Love doesn't need a vacation at Metacritic (English)
  5. ^ Review by Justin Chang, accessed December 7, 2007 ( Memento of May 24, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
  6. ↑ Critique by Richard Roeper ( Memento of the original from January 21, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.suntimes.com
  7. ^ Critique by Ruthe Stein
  8. ↑ Love doesn't need a vacation ( Memento of the original from September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Press review at filmzeit.de @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.film-zeit.de
  9. ↑ Love doesn't need a vacation. Jury reasoning - predicate particularly valuable. In: http://www.fbw-filmbeval.com . German Film and Media Rating (FBW), accessed on September 18, 2017 .
  10. ↑ The Holiday at Box Office Mojo (English)
  11. ↑ locations
  12. ↑ Start dates for The Holiday
  13. ↑ www.emanuellevy.com
  14. ↑ Love doesn't need a vacation in the stream online & on TV: Today on RTL 2 ( Memento of the original from December 7, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 26, 2015 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.giga.de