Not even its exercise in pop aesthetics can prevent a pathetic, artificious and hopelessly routine result that, at times, has strong drowsy effects. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/10 | Jun 20, 2021

The gauzy cinematography, languid pacing and glossy resort backdrop somehow add to the overall distress and the vice-like grip of the drama.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 9, 2019

Adding her unique spin on this unique period of supposed relaxation, Isabella Eklöf's directorial debut Holiday is an assured feature brutal gaze at the assertive nature of masculinity upon a toxic feminity.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 5, 2019

The rest of the story has a mordant sense of drama, but the calculations behind this are too cold for my liking.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 5, 2019

Holiday is an allegory of relationships between trusting women and controlling men who abuse their power, and it makes for salutary viewing.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 5, 2019

A chastening, ultimately rather chilly affair from a promising, uncompromising female director.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 5, 2019

Holiday makes the worlds of Michael Haneke look cuddly and inviting, the work of Ulrich Seidl seem positively jolly.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Aug 4, 2019

Some metaphors are a little obvious but still, by the end you feel you know this waif through and through.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 2, 2019

[T]he film carves out an identity of its own with Eklöf's detached, meticulously framed compositions reinforcing the rot beneath the film's yacht-filled world of luxurious idleness.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 1, 2019

An icily accomplished drama about sexual violence, toxic masculinity and toxic femininity, in a pretty familiar Euro-hardcore style not dissimilar to the manner of shock veterans such as Ulrich Seidl or Gaspar Noé.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 31, 2019

A very fine debut, if a little one-note.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 31, 2019

Depictions of violence against women do little to allow its character autonomy and there is only so much room for provocation until... the story needs a sense of momentum

| Mar 17, 2019

Populated with undefined characters who are reprehensible, it's a difficult film to engage with due to its sketchy and unconvincing plot.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Mar 7, 2019

... Holiday reveals itself as a morality play whose end result is metaphysically disquieting.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Feb 24, 2019

Eklöf has announced herself as a promising young filmmaker to watch in a way that cannot and should not be ignored.

| Feb 23, 2019

Eklöf is eerily assured behind the camera, miraculously avoiding that malevolent feeling that someone like Gaspar Noe can convey.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Feb 23, 2019

It's hard to tell whether [Eklof] intends to communicate something genuine about the human condition, or just shovel hostility at her audience.

| Feb 21, 2019

A provocative film by an astonishing filmmaker that is compelling and uncompromisingly strong. A must-see.

| Feb 17, 2019

Isabella Eklöf's Holiday is beautifully shot, carefully considered, and very, very rough.

| Feb 14, 2019

Not what you would call an easy watch, but if you're looking for a bold and unforgiving film that doesn't easily shake away, this one certainly fits the bill.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Feb 14, 2019