My New Favorite Movie

So back in 2006 a movie came out called "The Holiday". After watching Cameron Diaz in "In Her Shoes" and Jack Black in "Nacho Libre", I had no interest in watching these two actors again. Cameron seems fake to me and Jack's humor is not my taste.

It also didn't help that the only role I can see Kate Winslet in is "Rose" from Titanic, and I didn't want to taint that image.

While friends said it was a great movie, I was not convinced.

Well, this weekend I borrowed the movie from a friend and was determined to sit through it and see what this was all about, after 1.5 years of avoiding these types of romantic comedies.

Now, I don't admit when I am wrong, but BOY WAS I WRONG! The Holiday has now become one of my favorite movies of all time!

I cried my eyes out, you know, the type of crying where your throat shudders and you fear that

suddenly the doorbell or phone will ring and you'll be completely helpless.

As soon as the movie was over and I gained my composure, I called my best friend (who pushed me to see it years ago) and admitted my fault.

This surely was a case of "Don't judge a book by its cover".

My Two Favorite Moments Of The Movie:

1) When Graham and Amanda are in the tent with Sophie and Olivia and the girls talk about how good Amanda smells and her eyeshadow, and how they are the Three Muskateers with their dad. So heartbreaking. I especially love the little girls' accents.

2) When the first night they meet, Graham tells Amanda to close her eyes as he goes in to kiss her, and gently grazes each eyelid with a sensual kiss. She lets out the tiniest sound that makes this scene hit you hard in the pit of your stomach and wish your own husband was not 1200 km's away working out of town (that scene obviously required some rewinding action over and over).