Opening December 8th:

The Holiday
Grade: D

You just might need a vacation after sitting through this vacuous and criminally overlong romantic comedy from writer-director Nancy Meyers (Something’s Gotta Give). Thanks to clumsy staging and endless stretches of inane dialogue, Kate Winslet and Cameron Diaz exude zero charm as two women who find romance when they swap houses for the holidays. Meyers tries to prove herself to be a film connoisseur by referencing classic movies, but quoting Casablanca doesn’t begin to disguise her incompetence. Jude Law and Jack Black play the love interests.