Holidate (2020)

October 28, 2020 7:19 PM

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. (Netflix)

Variety Review: Netflix Rom Com Brings Frank Repartee to the Season - Emma Roberts and Luke Bracey charm as a not-couple tempting fate.

Hollywood Reporter Review - A fun concept trapped inside a broad and retrograde movie.

IndieWire Review: Emma Roberts and Luke Bracey Are Better Than This Predictable Netflix Rom-Com - The duo have real chemistry, but this formulaic romance never dares to try anything new.

Decider - ‘Holidate’ on Netflix Is the TV-MA Romcom We Never Knew We Needed

posted by oh yeah! (3 comments total)

Well, holiday tv-movie season has kicked off on Netflix (not to mention the Hallmark Channel 'Countdown to Christmas' lineup, which probably deserves a Fanfare Talk thread of its own), starting with this one.

Anyway, I thought this was good dumb fun. Nothing that hasn't been done before and better, and I can't really disagree with the Hollywood Reporter slam of Sloane being "the Cool Girl personified", but still, it worked for me.
posted by oh yeah! at 7:38 PM on October 28, 2020

I am obsessed with how many times the following happened in this movie:

Character A: what I need is a holidate!
Character B: what is a holidate???

THIS QUESTION NEVER NEEDS TO BE ASKED! IT IS COMPLETELY OBVIOUS!

I AM LIVID.
posted by prefpara at 6:47 PM on November 1, 2020 [4 favorites]

spoiler alert it was obvious what was going to happen at the end in the mall when she was trying to get his attention but nevertheless when the whole choir sang "Dwaaaaaayne!" or whatever his name was--I saw this two days ago but I forgot already--I got all teary-eyed. This is because I desperately, desperately need to go somewhere other than to the mailbox and I need to do something other than work and watch Netflix. Are you curious about whether you have become dangerously isolated and are slowly losing your mind but you can't afford to zoom a therapist? Watch this movie and if you get invested and care at all what happens to the characters don't wait act now make a plan.
posted by Don Pepino at 1:50 PM on November 2, 2020 [4 favorites]