Review of Holiday

Holiday (1938)
7/10
A romp in the playroom for Cary & Kate
4 December 2003
This is a moderately enjoyable movie which features Cary & Kate showing off their modest acting skills & superior acrobatic skills. The supporting cast is outstanding & plays it cool while Kate, as usual, over-emotes. The key scenes are played in Kate's "playroom" where the good guys assemble for heart-to-heart talks. In the end Cary is forced to dump his money-grubbing fiancee for her fun-loving sister played by Kate. These kind of 30s plots with clear black-and-white choices (and film) seem simplistic by today's more nuanced treatment of similar themes. Kate & Cary seem to be at home in these sort of comedies, where they each seem to play their notions of themselves. Later in life they grew to play scripted roles. All of that being said, I still liked Holiday.
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