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What We Did on Our Holiday (2014)

PG-13 09/26/2014 Comedy 1h 35m
67%
User
Score
6.9/10
75%
54/100

Overview

Doug and Abi and their three children travel to the Scottish Highlands for Doug's father Gordie's birthday party. It's soon clear that when it comes to keeping a secret under wraps from the rest of the family, their children are their biggest liability...

Andy Hamilton

Director

Guy Jenkin

Director

Top Billed Cast

David Tennant

David Tennant

Doug McLeod

Rosamund Pike

Rosamund Pike

Abi McLeod

Billy Connolly

Billy Connolly

Gordie McLeod

Ben Miller

Ben Miller

Gavin McLeod

Amelia Bullmore

Amelia Bullmore

Margaret McLeod

Emilia Jones

Emilia Jones

Lottie McLeod

Bobby Smalldridge

Bobby Smalldridge

Mickey McLeod

Harriet Turnbull

Harriet Turnbull

Jess McLeod

Celia Imrie

Celia Imrie

Agnes Chisolm

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Media

What We Did On Our Holiday - Official Trailer #2

What We Did On Our Holiday - Official Trailer #2

What We Did On Our Holiday - Official Teaser Trailer

What We Did On Our Holiday - Official Teaser Trailer

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written on May 4, 2016

Life really is too short you know...

What We Did on Our Holiday is written and directed by Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin. It stars Rosamund Pike, David Tennant, Billy Connolly, Ben Miller, Amelia Bullmore, Emilia Jones, Bobby Smalldridge, Harriet Turnbull and Celia Imrie. Music is by Alex Heffes and cinematography by Martin Hawkins.

"The truth is, every human being on this planet is ridiculous in their own way. So we shouldn't judge, we shouldn't fight, because in the end... in the end, none of it matters. None of the stuff"

Andy Hamilton and Guy Jenkin spin off from their hugely popular sit-com, Outnumbered, to produce this funny, philosophical and moving picture. Tennant and Pike play parents of three young children, they are pending a divorce, but with Doug's (Tennant) father, G...

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A review by CinemaSerf

Written on August 11, 2024

This is a well written, gently comedic and poignant look at divorce and loss that raises quite a few smiles along the way. David Tennant and Rosamund Pike are a couple with three kids who head to Scotland to meet his father "Geordie" (Sir Billy Connolly) to help celebrate his 75th birthday. It'd be fair to describe the adults in the film as pretty dysfunctional, saving for Connolly and Annette Crosbie ("Doreen") who take a pragmatic, matter of fact view on life, and from whom much of the humour emanates. Grandad takes the kids for a trip to the beach and the plot hits the faintly, but engagingly, ridiculous as they all have to deal with some unexpected consequences. The performances from the three children are good; especially "Lottie" (Emilia Jones) and a strong cast of Scots regulars - C...

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