Holiday in the Wild

I didn't know what this was going to be about, so the elephants were a nice surprise. I didn't see this as a love story as much as it was HER story. Anyway, I liked it.

Rob Lowe and Kristin Davis star in the Netflix holiday film Holiday in the Wild. After her husband abruptly leaves her Kate Conrad takes a vacation to Africa where she stumbles across an elephant sanctuary and get the chance to put her veterinarian skills to use, and finds a new lease on life. Both Lowe and Davis give solid performances; although the material isn’t that demanding. In fact, it’s mainly a not so thinly veiled PSA to save the elephants. Still, it features the elephants especially well; getting the audience to care for and appreciate them as they go along Kate’s journey with her. And there’s some fun fish-out-of-water comedy as Kate goes from the big city to the safari. Holiday in the Wild is formulaic and predictable, but it’s also entertaining and has a bit of the spirit of the season…in its own way.