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...
Top Billed Cast
Rosamund Pike
Abi McLeod
David Tennant
Doug McLeod
Billy Connolly
Gordie McLeod
Ben Miller
Gavin McLeod
Amelia Bullmore
Margaret McLeod
Emilia Jones
Lottie McLeod
Bobby Smalldridge
Mickey McLeod
Harriet Turnbull
Jess McLeod
Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews
J John ChardVerified TMDB Critic
2016-05-03
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 popul...
C CinemaSerfVerified TMDB Critic
2024-08-11
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 engaging...
