The Holdovers (R)
synopsis
From acclaimed director Alexander Payne, THE HOLDOVERS follows a curmudgeonly instructor (Paul Giamatti) at an elite New England prep school who is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually he forms an unlikely bond with one of them -- a damaged, brainy troublemaker (newcomer Dominic Sessa) -- and with the school's head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam (Da'Vine Joy Randolph).
details
Comedy, Drama
2 hr. 14 min.
Opened November 17th, 2023
MovieGoer Review
At the heart of The Holdovers lies a cliché - something about life-lessons imparted and accepted from a mismatched companion - but the manner in which director Alexander Payne and writer David Hemingson approach this familiar trope imbues ... MORE
synopsis
From acclaimed director Alexander Payne, THE HOLDOVERS follows a curmudgeonly instructor (Paul Giamatti) at an elite New England prep school who is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually he forms an unlikely bond with one of them -- a damaged, brainy troublemaker (newcomer Dominic Sessa) -- and with the school's head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam (Da'Vine Joy Randolph).
details
Comedy, Drama
2 hr. 14 min.
Opened November 17th, 2023
MovieGoer Review
At the heart of The Holdovers lies a cliché - something about life-lessons imparted and accepted from a mismatched companion - but the manner in which director Alexander Payne and writer David Hemingson approach this familiar trope imbues ... MORE
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