Holidate

The Rom Com Rewrite

This is a film you can safely drag your straight boyfriend to.

Holidate Year: 2020 Written by: Tiffany Paulson Directed by: John Whitesell Stars: Emma Roberts, Luke Bracey

Show notes:

"I think that's, like, the straightest movie I've seen in a while" - Lisa Findley

If you would like to skip the plot summary for this month's film you can spool forward about 8 and a half minutes into the episode.

In this episode we mention the films: Our Little Secret* (2024) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31022050/) Failure To Launch* (2006) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427229/) Single All The Way* (2021) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt14315756/) Titanic (1997) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120338/)

And the TV series: Home For Christmas (Hjem til jul) (2019-2025) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10069398/)

*These films have previously been featured on the podcast.

We also reference the book Men Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus (1992) (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Men_Are_from_Mars,_Women_Are_from_Venus).

If you want to read more about the 'cool girl' and 'pick me' tropes, Cosmopolitan has articles on them here: https://www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/a32077/chill-girl-falls-in-love/ and here: https://www.cosmopolitan.com/sex-love/a42134933/what-is-a-pick-me-girl-definition/.

You can watch Paul Rudd pranking Conan O'Brien with fake movie clips on YouTube starting here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9rcqGBrHDtw&list=PLSYFbhIZUHHQEbPrCyoPawoiXVIooGZgN

Next month we are going to watch Going The Distance (2010) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1322312/).

If you would like to suggest films for future episodes, you can tweet Lisa: @LisaStowaway.

We record these episodes over the internet. Sometimes the audio is not perfect. We apologise for that.

Music in this episode is by Martin Zaltz Austwick (martinzalzaustwick.com). Artwork is by Lisa Findley.

Thank you for listening!