Holiday in the Wild (2019)

Well, it's been awhile since I've reviewed - but this movie really resonated with me, so I thought, man do I need to share my thoughts on this one.  That's a lie.  I was texting my fellow movie critic, Mary Arendt, about how much she would like this movie (I was 20 minutes in) and she said, "If.this.doesn't.get.on.danilovesmovies.com....." (actual quote from iMessage) so multiple login attempts later with the famous Kelly Dunn's help - I'm here.

Holiday in the Wild is a fantastic new holiday Netflix movie starring Rob 'Why do I still look so good?' Lowe and Kristin 'I will forever be Charlotte York' Davis.  The movie starts with Charlotte - ahem - sorry, Kristin's character's husband divorcing her LIT-RALLY (an homage to Chris Traeger just feels right here, don't you think?) seconds after their son leaves for college (what a tool).

Little did the tool know, Kristin had planned a fantastic honey moon part deux in Africa, and she decides, fuck it, I'll go it alone cuz I'm an independent lady who was also a veterinarian at one point.  During her first evening at the fancy African hotel she's staying at, she runs into a handsome fellow played by Rob Lowe.  Soon she finds adventure - and eventually... love.

This movie was pretty much everything I wanted it to be and MORE (spoiler alert - there are a lot of elephants.  Another spoiler alert - there's some shoddy CGI so I mean just use your imagination people).  You can be sure I will be watching this multiple times this holiday season, and so will you if you have a heart.

As always, I'm Dani - and I love movies.