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What We Did on Our Holiday

  • 6.9 /10

  • 537

  • 75%

Plot

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...

Cast

David Tennant as Doug McLeod
David Tennant

as Doug McLeod

Rosamund Pike as Abi McLeod
Rosamund Pike

as Abi McLeod

Billy Connolly as Gordie McLeod
Billy Connolly

as Gordie McLeod

Ben Miller as Gavin McLeod
Ben Miller

as Gavin McLeod

Amelia Bullmore as Margaret McLeod
Amelia Bullmore

as Margaret McLeod

Emilia Jones as Lottie McLeod
Emilia Jones

as Lottie McLeod

Bobby Smalldridge as Mickey McLeod
Bobby Smalldridge

as Mickey McLeod

Harriet Turnbull as Jess McLeod
Harriet Turnbull

as Jess McLeod

Celia Imrie as Agnes Chisolm
Celia Imrie

as Agnes Chisolm

Annette Crosbie as Doreen
Annette Crosbie

as Doreen

Movie Facts

Rated

  • PG-13

Status

  • Released

Release Date

  • September 26, 2014

Production Companies

  • Lionsgate

  • BBC Film

Production Countries

  • United Kingdom

Spoken Language

  • English

Budget

  • $0.00

Revenue

  • $1,289,998.00

Runtime

  • 1.58 hrs

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Reviews

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 ridiculo…

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 Cr…