Holidate Reviews

I wasn’t expecting much from this flick but since I have a weak spot for Emma Roberts and since it was available on Netflix, I thought I might as well check it out. In fact, even though Roberts might never reach the superstar status of her aunt Julia, I think she has actually so much more potential, a potential which has been untapped so far, I’m afraid, and this movie won’t help, that’s for sure. Indeed, to be honest, before watching the damned thing, this movie did seem to be pretty much doomed to fail. Basically, like most romantic comedies, it was dealing with a rather lame and completely predictable gimmick and, to make things worse, the supporting characters were all really weak. Concerning these supporting characters, the biggest issue was probably that there were too many of them but the fact that they were not developed whatsoever probably didn’t help. And, yet, somehow, the damned thing actually worked. Sure, it was still nothing really amazing whatsoever but I thought it was actually fairly entertaining and it was mostly thanks to Emma Roberts and Luke Bracey. Indeed, they were both really charismatic and they had together some very nice chemistry. Furthermore, even if the whole holidate concept was never really interesting, I have to admit that I did appreciate watching a couple which actually got to know each other before they actually fell in love. Indeed, too many romantic comedies give a meet-cute right at the beginning during which it’s a love at first sight for the main characters but it wasn’t the case here and I thought it was actually rather refreshing. Anyway, to conclude, I have to admit that it turned out to be a decent watch after all and it is actually worth a look, at least, if you really like the genre.