From this thin thread of yarn, songs, situations and dance routines arise fairly naturally. Even when dragged in, they add a lot to the excitement. Richard has a warm presence and sings and dances more than adequately.

[Summer Holiday] would have looked feeble and imitative back in the years when Betty Grable was making college musical comedies for Paramount.

Peter Yates's Summer Holiday, with Cliff Richard, must he the most cheerful and skilful British musical of our generation.

A star vehicle for Cliff Richard that aims high, but continually slops into the second-rate through lack of inventiveness in narrative and dancing.