History YMMV / TheHoliday

* RetroactiveRecognition: Kathryn Hahn appears in a minor role as one of Amanda’s coworkers.

* FandomRivalry: With ''Film/LoveActually''. Even people who don't like ''The Holiday'' think it's a better film.

** Amanda's first time with Graham is when he is so drunk she doesn't think he'll remember in the morning. Even though she asks his consent, said consent would now be considered dubious since she thought he was that drunk, reading as potential DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale (downplayed since he wasn't actually as drunk as she thought).

*** Also almost spelled out in his introductory scene: he's trying to cope with [[spoiler:his grief]] by drinking heavily.

* CriticalResearchFailure:
** At one point, Arthur claims that Creator/CaryGrant is from Surrey, and Iris agrees. This is in fact a mistake, as Grant was from Bristol.
** Iris works for ''The Daily Telegraph'', which is a real newspaper.
---> For the avoidance of doubt, the film is not an accurate representation of this newspaper. We do not employ a columnist to write about society weddings. None of us commute into work from a fairytale cottage which is advertised as being 40 minutes from central London but looks like it's in [[Literature/TheChroniclesOfNarnia Narnia]]. And, alas, nobody who works here is as attractive as Creator/RufusSewell.
--->-- '''Anita Singh'''.

* HarsherInHindsight: Amanda trying to make herself cry and failing isn't as easy to watch when it's revealed why she can't cry. [[spoiler:When she was fifteen, her parents broke up, her father moved out, and she cried herself to sleep that night, and for many nights afterwards.]]

---> For the avoidance of doubt, the film is not an accurate representation of this newspaper. We do not employ a columnist to write about society weddings. None of us commute into work from a fairytale cottage which is advertised as being 40 minutes from central London but looks like it’s in Narnia. And, alas, nobody who works here is as attractive as Rufus Sewell.

* SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments: The homage to Arthur Abbott by the Writers' Guild of America.

* SugarWiki/FunnyMoments: Amanda's reactions to hearing a narrator's voice in her head, especially when she tells the voice to shut up.
** Amanda slips while walking across snow in heels and grabs a tree branch to stop herself falling. She ends up dumping snow on her head.
** Iris's giggle when she discovers the motorized blinds in Amanda's bedroom.
** Iris talking to Graham and then Amanda on the phone and realizing from a few hints [that the two are seeing each other, and angrily calling Graham out for this. Unfortunately for her, she was still talking to Amanda at the time. Both of them have hilarious looks of shock on their faces as they realise this. Then, after Iris tries to switch calls again, Amanda reveals Iris is still talking to her. "Bollocks!"
** [[spoiler:When Iris finally works up the nerve to tell Jasper that she's over him, she is about to say so, but stops herself so she can turn on the lights first.]]
** Graham doing "Mr. Napkin Head", which he normally only does with his daughters, in front of Amanda.

* NostalgiaFilter: Arthur Abbott's views of UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood are debatably this, though no other character ever calls him out on it. Iris wants to believe it was truly as good as it seemed, and the films Arthur suggests she watch from that era actually inspire her to improve her life. This can be grating to viewers with a less favorable view of that era. Ties into OlderIsBetter on the main page.

--> For the avoidance of doubt, the film is not an accurate representation of this newspaper. We do not employ a columnist to write about society weddings. None of us commute into work from a fairytale cottage which is advertised as being 40 minutes from central London but looks like it’s in Narnia. And, alas, nobody who works here is as attractive as Rufus Sewell.

* CriticalResearchFailure: At one point, Arthur claims that Creator/CaryGrant is from Surrey, and Iris agrees. This is in fact a mistake, as Grant was from Bristol.

** In addition to the leads, Arthur is an elderly widower living alone in a neighborhood that's changed so much that he can easily get lost just taking a walk. He feels like an outsider to modern mainstream Hollywood, and has a hard time getting around and doing simple tasks like opening his front door. He may still be sharp, but you can see why Iris tries to help him so much.

** In addition to the leads, Arthur is a widower living alone in a neighborhood that's changed so much that he can easily get lost just taking a walk. He feels like an outsider to modern mainstream Hollywood, and has a hard time getting around and doing simple tasks like opening his front door. He may still be sharp, but you can see why Iris tries to help him so much.

** In addition to the leads, Arthur is a widower living alone in a neighborhood that's changed so much that he can easily get lost just taking a walk. A former award-winning screenwriter of the [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood Golden Age]], he feels forgotten by modern mainstream Hollywood, and has a hard time getting around and doing simple tasks like opening his front door. He may still be sharp, but you can see why Iris tries to help him so much.

** In addition to the leads, Arthur is a widower living alone in a neighborhood that's changed so much that he can easily get lost just taking a walk. A former award-winning screenwriter of the [[UsefulNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfHollywood Golden Age]], he feels forgotten by modern mainstream Hollywood, and has a hard time getting around and doing simple tasks like opening his front door. He may still be sharp, but you've got to feel for the guy.

* HilariousInHindsight: There's a fake trailer for a film starring Creator/LindsayLohan and Creator/JamesFranco. In ''Film/ThisIsTheEnd'', Franco thinks he is stuck on Earth after the Rapture because he claims to have slept with Lohan.