The Holiday

The Rom Com Rewrite

“Yeah, but the women… they’re on holiday and suddenly the man of their dreams is knocking at the door. Like, what could be cuter?”

The Holiday

Year: 2006

Written and Directed by: Nancy Meyers

Stars: Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, Jack Black, Eli Wallach

Show notes:

Have you ever thought to yourself: I quite like The Holiday but Miles should have been gay?

In this episode, we mostly lay out the case for the prosecution in The Rom Com Rewrite vs The Holiday but there is some mitigation offered.

Some of the things this film is not: the TV series The Holiday (2021) (https://m.imdb.com/title/tt14773642/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_10), the film Holiday (1938) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0030241/) and the film Last Holiday (2006) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0408985/).

We refer to the character of the Baroness in The Sound Of Music (1965) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059742/) and we mention the films Under The Tuscan Sun (2003) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0328589/), Bend It Like Beckham (2002) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0286499/) and Overboard (1987) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093693/).

Next month we will watch Falling For Christmas (2022) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14715170/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0).

We record these episodes over the internet. Sometimes the audio is not perfect. We apologise for that.

Music in this episode is by Martin Zaltz Austwick (martinzaltzaustwick.com). Artwork is by Lisa Findley.

Thank you for listening!