From acclaimed director Alexander Payne, THE HOLDOVERS follows a curmudgeonly instructor (Paul Giamatti) at a 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).
The Holdovers kicks off with all the grumpy cynicism of Payne’s past classics such as Election and Nebraska, but there’s a touch of holiday sweetness as it explores the deepening bonds between [the ensemble].
The Atlantic
Funny and rueful, The Holdovers seems beamed in from another time in cinema history, when wordy and thoughtful little movies like this were in healthier supply.
Vanity Fair
| Genre |
Best of the YearComedyDrama
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| Runtime | 133 minutes |
| Rated | 14A |
| Directed By | Alexander Payne |
| Starring | Paul Giamatti, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Dominic Sessa |
| Language | English |
| Country |
USA
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