Today’s Prayer Focus
What We Did on Our Holiday
also known as “Ein Schotte macht noch keinen Sommer, “Nuestro último verano en Escocia”
MPA Rating:
for some thematic elements and language.
for some thematic elements and language.
| Moral Rating: | not reviewed |
| Moviemaking Quality: |
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| Primary Audience: | Adults |
| Genre: | Comedy Drama |
| Length: | 1 hr. 35 min. |
| Year of Release: | 2014 |
| USA Release: |
July 10, 2015 DVD: October 6, 2015 |
Relevant Issues
family loyalty and trust
dysfunctional marriage, dysfunctional family
terminal illness
lying in the Bible
media frenzies
Norse mythology
Parenting and Family Q&As
| Featuring |
Rosamund Pike … Abi David Tennant … Doug Billy Connolly … Gordie Ben Miller … Gavin Amelia Bullmore … Margaret Emilia Jones … Lottie Bobby Smalldridge … Mickey See all » |
| Director |
Andy Hamilton Guy Jenkin |
| Producer |
BBC Films Lipsync Productions Origin Pictures |
| Distributor |
 Lionsgate (Lions Gate Entertainment Corp.) |
Here’s what the distributor says about their film: “Doug and Abi take their kids on a family vacation. Surrounded by relatives, the kids innocently reveal the ins and outs of their family life and many intimate details about their parents. It’s soon clear that when it comes to keeping a big secret under wraps from the rest of the family, their children are their biggest liability.”
Movie Critics
…the most enjoyable British movie of the year! …the characters grow on you in a seaside world of impossible beauty. … [4/5]
Graham Young, Birmingham Mail [UK]
…ambitious and likable family fun… It’s impossible not to enjoy this big-hearted and sweet-natured British family movie…
Peter Bradshaw, The Guardian (UK)
…British family comedy starts strong but fizzles in the final stretch… A midpoint tragic twist complicates things in an unexpected but interesting way, but after that it’s all downhill with horribly forced farce and the fakest kind of closure. …
Leslie Felperin, Variety
…a cute, gently arch comedy… Despite a second act lull, Connolly convinces in this cute and charming comedy. [3/5]
Olly Richards, Empire [UK]
…supremely modest… Hamilton and Jenkin fall back on a lot of their stock devices, like having the children act wise beyond their years, and making all the adults bicker constantly, but there’s a good trickle of laughs running through this, and an observation of British familydom that’s just on the credible side of cringeworthy. …[3/5]
Tim Robey, The Telegraph [UK]
…transfers sitcom formula to the big screen… a damp-eyed comedy whose banal title isn’t the only thing needing improvement. …
Jeannette Catsoulis, The New York Times
…Movie about death won’t slay you… [1/5]
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News
…middling laffer…
Charles Gant, Variety
…The underlying, redundant, and underwhelming theme of “What We Did on Our Holiday” is the pursuit of family unity at all costs. …[1½/4]
Chris Cabin, Slant Magazine
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