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Summer Holiday Reviews

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Garage mechanic Don (Cliff Richard) persuades London Transport to loan him an old double-decker bus, which he and his mates transform into a hotel on wheels for a road trip across Europe. But when a beautiful runaway American pop star stows away on board, the boys are off on an international adventure of singing girl groups, .. Read more

Starring	Cliff Richard, Lauri Peters, Melvyn Hayes, Una Stubbs
Director	Peter Yates
Genres	Comedy, Drama, Music/Musical

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Critic's review of Summer Holiday
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- As guys'n'gals commandeer a red London bus and head Europe-wards for sun, it's easy to mock the put-on jollity of it... read more on Time Out
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- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:18
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- - 3
  - 0
  Cliff really rocks!!
  
  Young Ones
  
  The Shadows come off best here with their few lines and great instrumentals undermining the potential datedness of pop stars' movie ... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Tony Nana
  - Croydon, England
  - 15 Sep 2004 at 20:36
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- - 0
  - 0
  As bad as I remembered it
  
  I saw this film when it first came out, and found it so unlike the whole of the pop music/rock and roll scene that I was interested in (and still am some 50 ... read more »
  
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- - Cato
  - 554 reviews
  - Lydbury North
  - 03 Sep 2010 at 12:11
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  Total enjoyment
  
  A nostalgic delight - took me back to a period when innocence prevailed and good news was the norm. We sat back and enjoyed every last moment
  
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- 715633
- - rayweaving
  - 15 reviews
  - Tamworth, England
  - 25 Feb 2009 at 10:18
- - 0
  - 0
  Classic 60's cinema.
  
  The review title says it all. Thin on plot but these films where. Second generation Shadows featured. This film helped to put the Beatles and others on the ... read more »
  
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  - Bridgend
  - 08 Feb 2009 at 13:57
- - 0
  - 0
  la la summer holiday is beautiful
  
  this film is great about the guys who got idea make holiday red London bus - travelled around the Europe and met the 3 french girls on breakdown. Its good for ... read more »
  
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  - RUTHIN
  - 30 Nov 2008 at 18:46
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  - 0
  Summer Holiday
  
  A very good film for fans of Sir Cliff I myself cannot stand this film but my wife loves it
  
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- - RayS
  - 96 reviews
  - Grays
  - 30 Sep 2008 at 15:18
- - 0
  - 0
  Cheesy but fun
  
  I think this is a great family film. I remember enjoying it as a child, I think it's the excitement of sort of camping on a bus, and my children loved it ... read more »
  
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- - tashcat
  - 8 reviews
  - Tidworth
  - 15 Aug 2008 at 20:26
- - 0
  - 0
  A Laugh a minute!
  
  If you appreciate the kitsch and the classic more so than the modern and the hi-tech, you will really enjoy this. I adore musical theatre anyway and Cliff is a ... read more »
  
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- - S1ASY
  - 9 reviews
  - Leeds
  - 31 Jul 2008 at 09:25
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  - 0
  summer holiday
  
  this was my girlfriends choice, i never even watched it but it seems like she enjoyed it
  
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- - turks
  - 10 reviews
  - Stirling
  - 27 Jun 2008 at 13:58
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  - 0
  summer holiday
  
  very good early cliff movie songs are timeless
  
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- - kiwibayboy
  - 10 reviews
  - Tonbridge
  - 13 Apr 2008 at 11:34
- - 1
  - 0
  simply magnificent
  
  Timeless, absolutely timeless. We watched this as a family in the weeks before our summer holiday and we were all enchanted. Time has made this into a stand out... read more »
  
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  - Lytham, UK
  - 29 Aug 2006 at 19:17
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- - 3
  - 0
  Cliff really rocks!!
  
  Young Ones
  
  The Shadows come off best here with their few lines and great instrumentals undermining the potential datedness of pop stars' movie ... read more »
  
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- 18371
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  - Tony Nana
  - Croydon, England
  - 15 Sep 2004 at 20:36
- - 1
  - 0
  Holiday and a half
  
  Cliff and the gang serve up two delightful movies. If you're a fan these films are a must - Cliff at his all singing, all dancing best.
  
  Light ... read more »
  
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- - Jaclyn
  - Keynsham
  - 30 Dec 2004 at 22:07
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  simply magnificent
  
  Timeless, absolutely timeless. We watched this as a family in the weeks before our summer holiday and we were all enchanted. Time has made this into a stand out... read more »
  
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- 280428
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  - Lytham, UK
  - 29 Aug 2006 at 19:17
- - 0
  - 0
  Good Family Entertainment
  
  I have two teenage kids,and wondered what they would think of this old classic,They really enjoyed it!! Try it out folks,not everything has to be death and ... read more »
  
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  - stoke-on-trent
  - 05 Jul 2005 at 09:59
- - 0
  - 0
  Dated classic but gret
  
  Its an all round feel good family film, great singalong songs, awful dancing, awful acting, its a visual magnet. Get it and enjoy it witht he kids (not grungy ... read more »
  
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- - Dan Archer
  - Blackburn
  - 25 Oct 2005 at 15:27
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  ahhh Cliffy!
  
  Great musical with Cliff Richard. One for all the family excepet the macho men!
  
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  - Somerset, England
  - 27 Jan 2006 at 19:12
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  - 0
  great
  
  enjoyable songs, which you could join in! spectacular scenery. well made british musical. good to see our double decker bus in all its glory!
  
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  - greenhithe kent england
  - 07 Mar 2006 at 16:40
- - 0
  - 0
  Skipping down memory lane
  
  Loved this when I was little, so decided to take a trip down memory lane and watch it again. Yep, still cheesy and cringe-worthy, but still loads of fun. My ... read more »
  
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- - Thalia
  - London
  - 13 Mar 2006 at 10:10
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  - 0
  Cliff aint convincing
  
  The songs are decent and the story is quite original. It also has a certain retro charm about it. However, where Summer Holiday falls down is having Cliff ... read more »
  
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- - Gavin M
  - Glasgow, Scotland
  - 29 Apr 2006 at 12:36
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  - 0
  summer holiday
  
  very good early cliff movie songs are timeless
  
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- - kiwibayboy
  - 10 reviews
  - Tonbridge
  - 13 Apr 2008 at 11:34

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- Summer Holiday
  
  Garage mechanic Don (Cliff Richard) persuades London Transport to loan him an old double-decker bus, which he and his mates transform into a hotel on wheels for a road trip across Europe. But when a beautiful runaway American pop star stows away on board, the boys are off on an international ...