Holiday's reviews
Media reviews
Variety
It?s a cool, hard trip, icy in the fullest glare of the afternoon sun, in which even the pallid, expensively tacky interior of the villa (hats off to production designer Josephine Farsø) invites tension and judgment.
The Hollywood Reporter
What ends up being especially brilliant about 'Holiday' is how it essentially reveals the creation of a female Ripley, Patricia Highsmith?s signature creation of a totally amoral man. If she cares to, there is much more Eklof could now do with the character of Sascha.
Indiewire
This astonishing first feature depicts a world of superficial pleasures with such precision that even the people trapped in its confines can?t deny its appeal. [...] It?s a shocking reality check at odds with the movie?s bright, colorful cinematography and gorgeous seaside imagery, setting the stage for a powerful contradiction at the movie?s brilliant core.
Roger Ebert
The overall impact is made by Sascha?s slow understanding of the family?s liberation of the rules, depicted fearlessly by Victoria Carmen Sonne. She provides a very challenging image of trauma, and an even more complicated, thoughtful idea of good people who find themselves no longer resisting the insidious nature of their environments.
Screen Daily
What?s really uncomfortable is the crux of the film: how little respect Sascha has for herself, and how quickly she adapts to a new normality in return for a nice pair of earrings and a well-funded credit card.
Festival Internacional de Cine de Lanzarote