
The Holdovers
“Discomfort and joy.”
Director: Alexander Payne
Producer: Mark Johnson, Bill Block, David Hemingson
Overview
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
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
Reviews
- M9.0
Manuel São Bento
October 13, 2023
FULL SPOILER-FREE REVIEW @ https://fandomwire.com/the-holdovers-bfi-london-film-festival-review/ "The Holdovers left me in complete disbelief at how complete, thought-provoking, hilarious, and emotionally powerful it becomes with each extraordinarily captivating minute that passes by. A shockingly faultless scree…
- B6.0
Brent Marchant
November 9, 2023
Heartwarming films for the holidays are something we’re all supposed to love, right? Well, if you’re talking about the works of directors like Frank Capra, George Seaton, Michael Curtiz and Chris Columbus, you’d be correct. But, since it’s been so long since we’ve had releases of that quality, in recent years, viewers…
- B9.0
badelf
January 3, 2024
Awesome heartwarming Christmas cheer. Loved the pacing, loved the tempo of the reveal, and loved the character arches. Not sure it's as repeatable as Wonderful Life or (original) Miracle on 34th. Ask me in a few Xmases.
- P6.0
pimpskitters
January 4, 2024
We have all seen this nonsense before. A grumpy old man and a wisecracking youngster find ways to heal each-other over the course of one sensual holiday season. Maybe if this was the first one of these I have ever seen I would feel different, but there is just too much of this trash around to get excited about anything…

Ritesh Mohapatra
January 22, 2024
The Holdovers is a thoughtful, sweet and pleasantly heartwarming film which feels like an old warm hug My Score : 92/100 "The Holdovers" is heartwarming tale of unlikely friendships. It's the kind of movie that lingers with you, gently nudging your conscience and leaving your heart a little fuller than before. Th…











