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Holidate

Holidate

Who's your perfect plus-one?

20207.01h 44m

Overview

Fed up with being single on holidays, two strangers agree to be each other's platonic plus-ones all year long, only to catch real feelings along the way.

Directed by John Whitesell
Written by Tiffany Paulsen
Produced by McG, Mary Viola
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Top Cast

Emma Roberts

Emma Roberts

Sloane

Luke Bracey

Luke Bracey

Jackson

Kristin Chenoweth

Kristin Chenoweth

Aunt Susan

Frances Fisher

Frances Fisher

Elaine

Andrew Bachelor

Andrew Bachelor

Neil

Manish Dayal

Manish Dayal

Faarooq

Jessica Capshaw

Jessica Capshaw

Abby

Alex Moffat

Alex Moffat

Peter

Cynthy Wu

Cynthy Wu

Liz

Jake Manley

Jake Manley

York

Themes & Keywords

new year's evedateholidaysinglefamily dinnereasterfamily tensionchristmasfriends with benefitsromantic

About Holidate

Holidate is a comedy, romance film released in 2020 exploring themes of new year's eve, date, holiday, single, family dinner, easter. Directed by John Whitesell, it stars Emma Roberts, Luke Bracey, Kristin Chenoweth. Fed up with being single on holidays, two strangers agree to be each other's platonic plus-ones all year long, only to catch real feelings along the way.

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