Movie

The Holiday

by Jack Black, Nancy Meyers, Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law and 41 others

Two women, one from the United States and one from the United Kingdom, swap homes at Christmastime after bad breakups with their boyfriends. Each woman finds romance with a local man but realizes that the imminent return home may end the relationship.

(16 total)

Characters

Nancy Meyers (15)Jude Law (6)Graham (6)Eli Wallach (3)Arthur Abbott (3)Jack Black (3)Miles (3)Amanda Woods (1)Iris Simpkins (1)Kate Winslet (1)

“Iris, if you were a melody... I used only the good notes.”

— Nancy Meyers, Miles, Jack Black, imdb.com

Tagged: Melody, hanukkah movies

“I need some peace and quiet... or whatever it is people go away for.”

— Nancy Meyers, Amanda Woods, Cameron Diaz, imdb.com

Tagged: peace and quiet, Institution

“Amanda: Sex makes everything more complicated. Even not having it, because the not having it... makes it complicated. Graham: That's why it's better to have it... some say.”

— Nancy Meyers, Graham, Jude Law, imdb.com

Tagged: Sex, Complicated

“Graham: Long-distance relationships can work, you know. Amanda: Really? I can't make one work when I live in the same house with someone.”

— Nancy Meyers, Graham, Jude Law, imdb.com

Tagged: long-distance relationships

“I'm a full-time dad. I'm a working parent. I'm a mother and a father. I'm a guy who reads parenting books and cookbooks before I go to sleep. I spend my weekends buying tutus. I'm learning to sew. I'm Mr. Napkin Head!”

— Nancy Meyers, Graham, Jude Law, imdb.com

Tagged: full-time dad, Parenting, tutus

“You're supposed to be the leading lady in your own life, for God's sake!”

— Nancy Meyers, Iris Simpkins, Kate Winslet, imdb.com

“Call me old-fashioned but one doesn't have sex with women who are unconscious.”

— Nancy Meyers, Graham, Jude Law, imdb.com

Tagged: Old-Fashioned, Date Rape

“I like this Hugo Boss, he cuts a nice suit!”

— Nancy Meyers, Arthur Abbott, Eli Wallach, imdb.com

Tagged: hugo boss, Suit

“Say a man and a woman both need something to sleep in and both go to the same men's pajama department. The man says to the salesman, 'I just need bottoms,' and the woman says, 'I just need a top.' They look at each other and that's the 'meet cute.'”

— Nancy Meyers, Arthur Abbott, Eli Wallach, imdb.com

Tagged: pajamas, bottoms, Top

“I have a cow and I sew. How's that for 'hard to relate to'?”

— Nancy Meyers, Graham, Jude Law, imdb.com

Tagged: Cow, Sewing

“The wind... it's what makes it so warm this time of year. Legend has it, when the Santa Anas blow, anything can happen.”

— Nancy Meyers, Miles, Jack Black, imdb.com

Tagged: santa ana winds

“Amanda: Are you D-I-V-O-R-C-E-D? Graham: No W-I-D-O-W-E-R.”

— Nancy Meyers, Graham, Jude Law, imdb.com

Tagged: divorced, Widower, spelling it out, tammy wynette

“Iris, in the movies, we have leading ladies and we have the best friend. You, I can tell, are a leading lady, but for some reason, you're behaving like the best friend.”

— Nancy Meyers, Arthur Abbott, Eli Wallach, imdb.com

Tagged: Movies, leading ladies, Best friend

“Iris, if you were a melody... I used only the good notes.”

— Nancy Meyers, imdb.com

Tagged: Melody, Analogy

“It's Christmas Eve and we are going to go celebrate being young and being alive.”

— Nancy Meyers, imdb.com

Tagged: Christmas, young, alive

“It's Christmas Eve and we are going to go celebrate being young and being alive.”

— Jack Black, Miles, amazon.com

Tagged: Christmas Movies