Amanda and Iris (Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet) agree to change homes over Christmas; in Surrey, England Amanda runs into the charming Graham (Jude Law), and in L.A. Iris socializes with the Hollywood community.

Nancy Meyers’s romantic comedies are usually overlong and feature at least one out-of-place slapstick scene… but she knows how to make them warm and romantic, and this one has become a minor Christmas classic. The two female stars are radiant and overcome the flaws of this simple script.

Meyers focuses a lot on aging in Hollywood, which is interesting, and perhaps worthy of a more compelling treatment than here.

2006-U.S. 135 min. Color. Written and directed by Nancy Meyers. Cast: Cameron Diaz (Amanda Woods), Kate Winslet (Iris Simpkins), Jude Law (Graham Simpkins), Jack Black (Miles), Eli Wallach, Edward Burns, Rufus Sewell, Kathryn Hahn, John Krasinski. Cameos: Dustin Hoffman, James Franco, Lindsay Lohan. 

Trivia: Robert Downey, Jr. was considered for the part of Graham; Jimmy Fallon as Miles.