The Hendersonville Film Society will show The Holiday Sunday, Jan. 31, at 2 p.m. in the Smoky Mountain Theater at Lake Pointe Landing Retirement Community (behind Epic Cinemas), 333 Thompson St., Hendersonville.
The Holiday
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In Brief: Just why this is being run is a concern quite beyond my comprehension. Saying this is the best (read: least obnoxious) film in Nancy Meyers' oeuvre is one of those judgment calls on a par with picking the best Martin and Lewis picture. Any way you look at it you lose. One thing I am not losing, though, is 138 minutes watching it again. If anything, I suspect my patience for it would be less than it was in 2006. I certainly remember it well enough that I'm willing to go with my original assessment: "As with her 2003 hit, Something’s Gotta Give, Meyers has set her story in an upscale world where people can disappear from their jobs for weeks at a time and jet all over the world at the drop of a hat. Meyers' idea of downscale is a picture-book cottage in Surrey, while her idea of great sacrifice is someone having to fly (gasp!) tourist class. Even granting that romantic comedies are a fantasy business, Meyers seems more completely divorced from anything resembling reality than legendary gloss-merchant producer Ross Hunter."
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| Genre: | High Gloss Rom-Com |
| Director: | Nancy Meyers |
| Starring: | Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Jack Black, Rufus Sewell |
| Rated: | PG-13 |
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