Holidate

Unrated

10/28/20201h 44m

Digital Release (US)

~ Who's your perfect plus-one? ~

Overview:

Fed up with being single on holidays, two strangers agree to be each other's platonic plus-ones all year long, only to catch real feelings along the way.

Director:

John Whitesell

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$0.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

date
holiday
single
family dinner
family tension
late marriage
friend with benefits

Cast

Emma Roberts

~ as ~

Sloane

Luke Bracey

~ as ~

Jackson

Kristin Chenoweth

~ as ~

Aunt Susan

Frances Fisher

~ as ~

Elaine

Andrew Bachelor

~ as ~

Neil

Manish Dayal

~ as ~

Faarooq

Jessica Capshaw

~ as ~

Abby

Alex Moffat

~ as ~

Peter

Cynthy Wu

~ as ~

Liz

Jake Manley

~ as ~

York

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Reviews (3)

Kamurai
Written 4 year(s) ago
7
Really good watch, would watch again, and can recommend.

An odd, jaded, but good approach to the social pressures of being single, but dateable. I guess other people see it as wasted resource, I wouldn't know.

Realistically, this is as much a breakup recovery movie as it is a romantic comedy. The cast does a great job of subtly expressing things without it being obvious. Ultimately it's a cute and charming little movie from a jaded and socially abnormal stand point.

The biggest problem is that they spend a lot of time saying "this works", "this is normal", with the impending implication that they'll get together, and being that it is a romantic comedy, it should be obvious what the conclusion is.

If you're a fan of Emma Roberts, then you can definitely see her grow in this, proving her range.
r96sk
Written 4 year(s) ago
6
Not good, not bad. Just meh.

Emma Roberts and Luke Bracey make for a charming duo, Roberts in particular stands out. The premise they star in is an interesting one, I don't really have any issues with 'Holidate' - it's fine. It just lacks the necessary cohesion and entertainment, there are a few amusing moments but not nearly enough. The overly sappy ending is out of place, also.
Peter McGinn
Written 4 year(s) ago
7
I found Holidate to be a fun, entertaining Christmas movie. And really, that is all I ask for a new holiday movie. I probably could have focused and punched holes in it here and there, but I try to be a viewer first and a critic third.

I liked that the story paid attention to all of the characters, it seemed. Aunt Susan and Sloane’s sister and a few others have plot developments as part of the overall fun and they are given a measure of closure at the end.

Hey, I don’t see Holidate gaining entry into my cycle of Christmas movies I watch every year or two, but it is a pleasant diversion and I wouldn’t go out of my way to not watch it.