The most enjoyable British movie of the year!

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 28, 2023

The film slightly rushes the resolution, glossing over the tougher bits of conflict, but the message prevails.

| Nov 28, 2023

A big part of why the plot fails is that these characters come across as utterly hollow strawmen for Hamilton and Jenkin’s manipulations, despite the use of semi-improvised flourishes to make them potentially seem more real.

| Nov 28, 2023

One thing is guaranteed after watching What We Did On Our Holiday: you may not be keen on brats, but you will be sold on the idea of a holiday in Scotland.

| Nov 28, 2023

What We Did On Our Holiday could be used as a textbook example of how to ruin a movie with a bad third act.

| Nov 28, 2023

There are a few laughs; a couple of tears; and cinematography that bravely battles for continuity amid the capricious, dual-location British weather.

| Nov 28, 2023

Might thrive as a something-for-everyone outing, appealing to family members as age-diverse as the film’s characters.

| Nov 28, 2023

Can’t quite sustain the balancing act between comedy and drama. There are, however, certainly comedy moments to cherish and it succeeds at being ultimately uplifting.

| Nov 28, 2023

hough heart-warming and refreshingly daring with one of its plot twists, the film doesn't quite escape its televisual feel.

| Original Score: 3/5 | May 25, 2019

What We Did on Our Holiday offers a believable insight, enhancing the comedy with a low-key austerity that allows the movie not just to entertain, but to surprise us.

| Jan 11, 2018

Outnumbered fans will find more enjoyment out of it than non-fan cinemagoers, but not enough to warrant heading to the big screen for the experience.

| Feb 6, 2017

What We Did On Our Holiday just doesn't do or say that much, and what it does accomplish is fine at best. Oh, we should all be nicer to each other? That's the whole point of this disjointed thing? Yeah. OK.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Jan 9, 2017

Proves without a doubt that America doesn't hold a monopoly on obnoxious child actors.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Sep 18, 2016

Luckily for us, and unlike their bickering and scripted parents, the kids are largely left to improvise their parts and the result is mostly charming, sometimes hilarious.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 26, 2016

This blandly titled comedy from the U.K. spends so much setup time being generically clever, it's truly unexpected when, a third of the way in, things heat up in oddball ways.

| Aug 25, 2015

Clichd British dramedy deals with divorce, loss.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 24, 2015

What We Did on Our Holiday emphasizes the celebration of life through masterful British comedy...

| Original Score: 7/10 | Jul 15, 2015

Do we want to spend 95 minutes of our summer holiday watching a film about a young, squabbling, dysfunctional British family on a sham trip? Yes, we do.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 13, 2015

It's not what you'd call "major" cinema, but it's a breezy entertainment, particularly if you're a fan of one or more of the cast members.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jul 10, 2015

...What We Did on our Holiday actually succeeds pretty well despite its rather hackneyed premise.

| Original Score: 6/10 | Jul 10, 2015