Holidate

"Who's your perfect plus-one?"

2020 1h 44m EN

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7.0

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★7.0TMDB · 2,414

ComedyRomance

Synopsis

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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.

“Who's your perfect plus-one?”

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Cast

Emma Roberts
Sloane
Luke Bracey
Jackson
Kristin Chenoweth
Aunt Susan
Frances Fisher
Elaine
Andrew Bachelor
Neil
Manish Dayal
Faarooq
Jessica Capshaw
Abby
Alex Moffat
Peter

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: John Whitesell
Writers: Tiffany Paulsen
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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Released 6 years ago.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by John Whitesell, shot by Shane Hurlbut. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Dan the Automator. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Emma E. Hickox shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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Emma Roberts and Luke Bracey and Kristin Chenoweth carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Who's your perfect plus-one?".

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IMDB entry: tt9866072 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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John Whitesell directs. Shane Hurlbut behind the camera. Dan the Automator scores. Emma E. Hickox cuts. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Released 6 years ago.
2Directed by John Whitesell, shot by Shane Hurlbut. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Dan the Automator. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Editor Emma E. Hickox shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Emma Roberts and Luke Bracey and Kristin Chenoweth carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "Who's your perfect plus-one?".
7IMDB entry: tt9866072 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Classified under 10 themes, including "new year's eve", "date", "holiday", "single".

The technical file

Cinematography: Shane Hurlbut
Original score: Dan the Automator
Editing: Emma E. Hickox
Production design: John Collins
Costume design: Helen Huang
Makeup / hair: Denise Pugh-Ruiz
VFX supervisor: Christian Wood
Sound: Kami Asgar
Stunt coordinator: Chris Gann
Runtime: 104 min · 1h 44m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: Holidate (2020)

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Kamurai2020-11-06
★ 7/10
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.
r96sk2020-12-10
★ 6/10
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 <em>'Holidate'</em> - 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 McGinn2020-12-17
★ 7/10
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.