Happy Holidays
A sweeping Palestinian family drama traces how private ambitions and difficult choices unsettle relationships under mounting social pressure.
Overview
A family drama that unravels the complexities of love and choices during the holiday season.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- None
- serious
- intimate
- reflective
- quiet evening
- international cinema night
What critics said
Critics broadly welcomed the film's socially observant, relationship-centered family drama, reflected in its strong Rotten Tomatoes aggregate.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The overview explicitly presents the film as a panoramic family drama involving multiple cherished relationships, both longstanding and newly forming.
Personal quests and poor choices are repeatedly tested by social pressures according to the plot overview.
The film is identified as a Palestinian production by an Oscar-nominated Palestinian director and centers a broad family and social milieu.
The overview foregrounds personal quests, poor choices, and pressures that test well-worn and blooming relationships.
Films like Happy Holidays, and why
A Separation
Shared family drama, moral pressure, intimate relationship conflict, and socially grounded realism.
The Syrian Bride
Shared Palestinian and Arab social context, family tensions, and restrained relationship-centered drama.
The Blue Caftan
Shared intimate drama about cherished relationships strained by social expectations and personal choices.
Movie Details
- Director
- Scandar Copti
- Release Date
- 2025-07-03
- Runtime
- 123 min
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 (18)
Cast
- Manar Shehab
- Wafaa Aoun
- Merav Mamorsky
- Toufic Danial
- Raed Burbara
- Neomi Memorsky
- Shani Dahari
- Sophie Awaad
- Imad Hourani
- Rana Matar
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Plex
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Happy Holidays about?
- A sweeping Palestinian family drama traces how private ambitions and difficult choices unsettle relationships under mounting social pressure.
- What is Happy Holidays like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Happy Holidays as measured, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Happy Holidays violent?
- No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Happy Holidays.
- What did critics think of Happy Holidays?
- Critics broadly welcomed the film's socially observant, relationship-centered family drama, reflected in its strong Rotten Tomatoes aggregate.
- Which films are like Happy Holidays?
- Films with a similar feel include A Separation, The Syrian Bride, and The Blue Caftan.
- How long is Happy Holidays?
- Happy Holidays runs 123 minutes.
- Where can I watch Happy Holidays?
- In United States, Happy Holidays is available to rent or buy from Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Plex.
