Holidate
Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): October 28, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
44
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Mixed or average reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
7
Negative:
5
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Film ThreatLorry KiktaOct 29, 2020
It’s a Christmas movie that makes you laugh. There are a couple of cheesy scenes, though, so don’t worry if that’s what you’re looking for in your holiday viewing. Read full review
67
The A.V. ClubCaroline SiedeOct 28, 2020
Like 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. Read full review
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzOct 28, 2020
The 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. Read full review
60
VarietyLisa KennedyOct 29, 2020
Briskly directed by John Whitesell, written by Tiffany Paulsen, Holidate won’t change your mind about the tread-worn challenges of romantic comedies, but its leads leverage their charms nicely. Read full review
58
IndieWireKate ErblandOct 28, 2020
Predictability 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. Read full review
56
PolygonKaren HanOct 28, 2020
Though the central idea is fun, everything that’s been built around it feels rote, if not totally outdated. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperOct 28, 2020
An excruciatingly cheesy, hopelessly dated, profoundly unfunny and tone-deaf romantic comedy about an intelligent, hard-working, likable and lovely woman. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterRobyn BahrOct 28, 2020
It's a fun conceit trapped in a broad and retrograde flick. Read full review
42
Entertainment WeeklyMary SollosiOct 30, 2020
As it is, though, the leaden dialogue and awkward pacing ensure that the shallow, unfunny Holidate never takes off. Read full review
40
Los Angeles TimesMichael OrdoñaOct 27, 2020
In 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. Read full review
38
The Associated PressLindsey BahrOct 29, 2020
The best thing that Holidate has going for it is that Roberts and Bracey do have great chemistry, but they just don’t have a story or a script that can do it justice. Read full review
38
Movie NationRoger MooreOct 29, 2020
The central premise, that you need to couple up to avoid that “wheelchair/diaper” analogy, is what’s ludicrous here. A rom-com as pathetic as this reminds us that we do indeed die alone. Read full review
38
Boston GlobeTy BurrOct 28, 2020
In trying to play up the naughty, witty side of the rom-com equation, the movie settles for snarky. It’s an acrid fairy tale, if not without a few pleasures, and it arrives on Netflix just in time for — wait, Christmas? Read full review
30
The New York TimesNatalia WinkelmanOct 28, 2020
Far worse than these characters’ grating personalities are the regressive strains underpinning their flirtation. Read full review
12
RogerEbert.comNell MinowOct 28, 2020
Holidate is a reminder of how easy it is to get every aspect of a romantic comedy wrong. Read full review
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