 The journalist Mark Harris writes that she specialises in "unsentimentalized, restless, troubled, discontented, disconcerted, difficult women" and John Hiscock of "The Daily Telegraph" has identified a theme of characters who are free-spirited with a sexual edge to them.Stephen Whitty of NJ.com associates Winslet with "serious, almost despairing material", although he finds it hard to pigeonhole her as an actress.Leonardo DiCaprio, who starred with Winslet in "Titanic" and "Revolutionary Road", considers her to be "the most prepared and well-researched actor on set", and Jude Law, her co-star in "The Holiday", believes that despite her seriousness she remains "very calm and good-natured".