The Holdovers
R
7.9
2023
2 hr 13 min
Drama
, Comedy
A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school 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 — and with the school’s head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam.
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- Cast：
- Paul Giamatti , Dominic Sessa , Da'Vine Joy Randolph , Carrie Preston , Brady Hepner , Ian Dolley , Jim Kaplan
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Reviews
Brilliant and touching
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Wow! What a bizarre film! Unfortunately the few funny moments there were were quite overshadowed by it's completely weird and random vibe throughout.
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The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.
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A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.
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