Big David Tennant fan here. Dr. Who, Broadchurch, Good Omens, are just a few of my favorite performances. He’s a fantastic actor, seems to be a swell guy in general, and happens to be from Scotland. This, in my book, gives him an extra level of appeal.

So imagine my delight when we were flipping around options on our giant living room TV looking for something to watch and ran across a little gem of a movie starring David Tennant called What We Did On Our Holiday – a movie I had no idea existed, yet had needed to see all my life.

Let me tell you, my delight was complete.

First of all David Tennant gets to be Scottish in this film, which is charming beyond measure. Billy Connolly as his unruly Scottish father gives an entertaining and moving performance. The whole cast is wonderful, including the children. The way the film captures the chaos and craziness of having young children is funny and accurate in many ways. I laughed…a lot.

Relatable, heartwarming, comical, this movie looks at one family during a sad, broken moment in their journey while also showing the joy of life.

It made me think about summer holidays and family visits and all of the things that are, for many of us, still on hold in the spring of 2020. It made me think about love, how goofy and imperfect and wonderful it is, and that we should cherish each other while not taking ourselves so seriously.

For me, and maybe for others during this time, an uplifting movie about life, death, grief, and hope is a wonderful way to spend an afternoon.

(The funniest part is I liked this little movie so much I kind of forgot David Tennant was the reason I had started watching!)

Be well, friends,

– Darci