The Holdovers

“Discomfort and joy.”

7.6(2,546)20232h 13m

DramaComedy

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.

Director

Alexander Payne

Budget

$13.0M

Revenue

$42.5M

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Cast

Paul Giamatti

Paul Hunham

Dominic Sessa

Angus Tully

Da'Vine Joy Randolph

Mary Lamb

Carrie Preston

Miss Lydia Crane

Brady Hepner

Teddy Kountze

Ian Dolley

Alex Ollerman

Jim Kaplan

Ye-Joon Park

Michael Provost

Jason Smith

Andrew Garman

Dr. Hardy Woodrup

Naheem Garcia

Danny

Stephen Thorne

Thomas Tully

Gillian Vigman

Judy Clotfelter

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Reviews

10 reviews

r96sk

1y ago

9.0

<em>'The Holdovers'</em> is one that I had heard was a great movie and it most certainly is! The performances of Paul Giamatti and Da'Vine Joy Randolph are absolutely stellar. Dominic Sessa (film debut?!) impresses too, even if his character looked older than intended to me (no biggie). A charming movie, no doubt. The story is actually rather simple but is one that makes an impact. It is wonder...

NeilHoskins

2y ago

8/10 Excellent. All three main protagonists in top form. Funny and poignant in equal measure. The emotions rang true as I have recently read Richard Beard's "Sad Little Men" about British private schools.

rsanek

2y ago

5.0

Never finished it. Really disappointing compared to the hype.