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15 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 67The A.V. ClubCaroline SiedeThe A.V. ClubCaroline SiedeLike so much of Netflix’s quantity over quality output, Holidate is broad, unsubtle, and seemingly designed to be half-watched, phone in hand. Yet within that framework, it finds a unique comedic spark that keeps it zipping along.
- 63The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzThe movie surprises on almost every level, breaking a number of contemporary rom-com rules along the way thanks to Tiffany Paulsen’s self-aware screenplay. I don’t mean in the meta-satirical sense of, say, David Wain’s absurdist They Came Together. More like a watered down Nora Ephron project.
- 58IndieWireKate ErblandIndieWireKate ErblandPredictability doesn’t have to be a sin when it comes to the often paint-by-the-numbers world of romantic comedy, but this awkward combination of expectation and disdain for it make for a film only fleetingly worthy of celebration.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterRobyn BahrThe Hollywood ReporterRobyn BahrIt's a fun conceit trapped in a broad and retrograde flick.
- 50Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperChicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperAn excruciatingly cheesy, hopelessly dated, profoundly unfunny and tone-deaf romantic comedy about an intelligent, hard-working, likable and lovely woman.
- 40Los Angeles TimesMichael OrdoñaLos Angeles TimesMichael OrdoñaIn such troubled times, one supposes there’s comfort to be found in the lack of adventurousness of Holidate, but it’s like opening the same present again and again.
- 30The New York TimesNatalia WinkelmanThe New York TimesNatalia WinkelmanFar worse than these characters’ grating personalities are the regressive strains underpinning their flirtation.
- 12RogerEbert.comNell MinowRogerEbert.comNell MinowHolidate is a reminder of how easy it is to get every aspect of a romantic comedy wrong.