You begin to suspect that Meyers isn't actually a movie director at all, but a features coordinator at World of Interiors.

The Holiday is as corny as it gets, but in a cinemascape full of macho grunting and aggressive irony, Meyers is perhaps right to believe that corniness is what women - and their boyfriends - will be wanting...

What makes The Holiday interesting - and worth reexamining more than a decade after its release - is that unlike most holiday-themed movies, it exhorts the viewer to take time for themselves, not just others. It's the ultimate self-care flick.

Nancy Meyers's wintry romcom serves up sugar-dusted escapism even as it brushes the messier truths of heartbreak under the carpet.