2023 2h 13m Alexander Payne

The Holdovers

Name: The Holdovers
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 2023
Rating: 7.9
Cast: Paul Giamatti, Dominic Sessa, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Carrie Preston

★ 7.9 IMDb

Comedy Drama

In 1970, a curmudgeonly history teacher at a New England boarding school remains on campus during Christmas break to supervise held over students, and ends up forming an unlikely bond with a brainy but damaged troublemaker.

Writer David Hemingson

Cast Paul Giamatti, Dominic Sessa, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Carrie Preston

DP Eigil Bryld

Music Mark Orton

Essays and Criticism

On this film

The Holdovers review – the most scintillating festive movie in years by Lillian Crawford, Little White Lies

In conversation with other films

Wisdom On The Street, Teachers On The Screen by Jenni Zylka, FIPRESCI

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