Rewatchables Reference

• Juliet picks Cameron Diaz and Jude Law's first morning after – he's wearing glasses, she's awkward, and they're operating on different frequencies.
• Amanda picks 'Jude Law's a dad' – the reveal that Sophie and Olivia are his daughters, not other women. The cutest kids with British accents.
• Kari picks Cameron Diaz arriving in England and almost hitting all the cars, then pulling up in front of the grocery store.
• Other nominees: the Blockbuster/video store scene with Jack Black singing movie scores, Cameron Diaz alone in the cottage drinking wine, Kate Winslet taking Arthur to the WGA event.

• Home exchange – the concept was not mainstream in 2006 but has been totally validated by the last decade of Airbnb and similar services.
• LA at Christmas – truly underrated time to be in Los Angeles, and the movie makes it look great.
• The Hans Zimmer score and the movie's celebration of the art of movie trailers – the Ringer literally did a whole bracket about best trailers.
• Jude Law's handsomeness – timeless, classic, the way he dresses is still perfect. His hotness is essentially the movie's secret weapon.

• Newspapers and Blockbuster Video – artifacts of 2006.
• The Blackberry phones – although Kari Simmons misses her Blackberry Curve.
• Jack Black as a romantic lead – just doesn't land in retrospect, even though School of Rock was a thing.
• The international phone call logistics – nobody seems concerned with dialing rates or plans.

• Nancy Meyers insists she wrote it with the leads in mind, so not a lot of casting what-ifs.
• Jason Segel for the Jack Black role – he has the same lovable energy but could actually pull off the romantic scenes, especially after 'Forgetting Sarah Marshall'.
• Emilia Clarke as Iris (Kate Winslet's role) – a modern recast suggestion.
• Kate Hudson for the Cameron Diaz role – she has both the LA-ness and the rom-com chops, and might be slightly better at the emotional aspects.
• Colin Firth for the Jude Law role – has the aloofness and could do the direct 'I love you' moments, similar to his Love Actually character.

• Not Apex Mountain for any of the four leads – Cameron Diaz peaked around Something About Mary through Shrek (1998-2001), Kate Winslet's Apex is when she won her Oscar in 2008 for The Reader, Jude Law's Apex is 'The Talented Mr. Ripley', and Jack Black's is School of Rock.
• Nancy Meyers – probably peaked with Something's Gotta Give in 2003 when she got Keaton, Nicholson, and Keanu.
• This movie is the beginning of the slowdown for Cameron Diaz – she eventually retired from acting.

• Dustin Hoffman's cameo was unplanned – he was walking by the Blockbuster set and Nancy Meyers just put him in the scene.
• Kate Winslet's character name Iris is also the name of one of Jude Law's real daughters – either a funny coincidence or intentional.
• The England cottage exterior was completely built in a field in Surrey; the interiors were sets.
• Cameron Diaz says this is her most physical film because of all the running with the suitcase.
• The budget was $85 million; it made $200 million worldwide.

• Jack Black in general – the singing movie scores in Blockbuster, the goofy faces, the over-the-top energy.
• Cameron Diaz's 'esophageal spasm' line delivery and her attempts at crying throughout the film.
• The opening fight between Cameron Diaz and Ed Burns – shrieking at each other without any believability.

• A wedding reporter for The Telegraph owning a picturesque cottage on par with the Brentwood mansion – how can she afford this?
• Where are everyone's families? Nobody has parents, siblings, or holiday obligations.
• Christmas Day is completely skipped – the movie has Christmas music and is called 'The Holiday', but the actual holiday just gets fast-forwarded.
• The home-swapping vetting process is nonexistent – no keys exchanged, no house cleaning, no preparation.
• Cameron Diaz's random 'I'm bad at sex' plot line that comes out of nowhere and makes no sense for her character.
• Jude Law's daughters under age 5 have their own cell phones in 2006.
• Jude Law is suspiciously tan for a man living in England in December.
• Cameron Diaz only knows the adjective 'great' – everything is 'so great' or 'what a great day'.

• Jason Segel for Jack Black – would bring lovable energy without the annoying singing-movie-scores bit.
• Kate Hudson for Cameron Diaz – contemporaneously accurate, has the LA energy and rom-com chops.
• Colin Firth for Jude Law – has the British aloofness and directness, though admittedly nobody is as hot as Jude Law.

Jude Law – unanimously. The movie doesn't work without him. His hotness carries the entire film, and yet this isn't even his Apex Mountain.