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Holiday in the Sun (2001) · CriticCrunch

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Holiday in the Sun

Movie2001·87 min

Holiday in the Sun

Directed by Steve Purcell

Family Romance Crime Adventure

A family romance film directed by Steve Purcell.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 75%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

6.0/10

About Holiday in the Sun

Sisters Alex and Madison are whisked away to the Bahamas for winter break but soon find themselves crossing paths with a man smuggling stolen artifacts.

Pacing: Brisk (6 of 9)
Tone: Hopeful (7 of 9)
Intensity: Gentle (2 of 9)
Complexity: Easy to follow (2 of 9)
Humor: Light-touch (4 of 9)
Scale: Personal (4 of 9)
Spirit: Heartfelt (7 of 9)
Texture: Playful, Cozy
Story Tags: freedom rebellion, coming of age, holiday seasonal, island, siblings, strangers forced together, everyman, mystery disappearance, fish out of water, heist robbery, young first love

205 ratings

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Details

Director: Steve Purcell
Language: English

Cast

Mary-Kate Olsen, Ashley Olsen, Austin Nichols

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How Holiday in the Sun Ranks

All movies

Top 75%

2000s movies

Top 69%

Family movies

Top 72%

★Steve Purcell films#1 of 3

Steve Purcell's highest-rated film in our catalog.

the vibe

Holiday in the Sun Vibe

What it feels like

briskhopefulgentleeasy to followlight-touchpersonalheartfeltplayful

cozy

What it's about

mystery disappearancefish out of waterfreedom rebellioncoming of ageeverymansiblingsstrangers forced togetherholiday seasonalheist robberyyoung first loveisland

pacing

brisk 6/9brisk 6/9

tone

hopeful 7/9hopeful 7/9

intensity

gentle 2/9gentle 2/9

complexity

easy to follow 2/9easy 2/9

humor

light-touch 4/9light 4/9

scale

personal 4/9personal 4/9

spirit

heartfelt 7/9heartfelt 7/9

texture

playfulplayful