The Holdovers (2023)

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Title: The Holdovers (2023)

Genre: Comedy, Drama

Director: Alexander Payne

Cast: Paul Giamatti, Dominic Sessa, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Carrie Preston, Gillian Vigman, Dan Aid, Colleen Clinton, Dustin Tucker, Bill Mootos, Michael Malvesti, Ian Lyons, Pamela Jayne Morgan, Martin Lee

Release: 2023-11-10

Plot: The disliked Deerfield Academy teacher Paul Hunham is put in charge of supervising Angus, a smart and rebellious student unable to journey home for Christmas. Joining them is Mary, the school's head cook.

 
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Pretty decent Christmas movie. They really nailed the early 70's vibe (down to the opening credits and everything). Paul Giamatti crushed it.

I think my only complaints are the main kid is kind of meh, and it seemed way too long. Had this been a 90-100 minute movie it'd have been perfect.
 
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Gravel said:
Pretty decent Christmas movie. They really nailed the early 70's vibe (down to the opening credits and everything). Paul Giamatti crushed it.

I think my only complaints are the main kid is kind of meh, and it seemed way too long. Had this been a 90-100 minute movie it'd have been perfect.
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Watching this now, it's a cross between Breakfast Club, Good Will Hunting, Dead Poets Society, Officer and a Gentleman and The Ice Storm

Edit: it got boring when they left the school
 
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Pretty darned good film. I was amazed how they transformed (without CGI) a block or two of New England (one town at a time) into the 1970's. They must spend a day clearing out all the cars and bringing in vintage cars to get a few 6-second shot of Gill, Massachusetts (or was that Gardner or South Deerfield?)

A little too syrupy sweet at times. And, of course, the most studious and book-smart ex-Harvard student is far less sagacious than the black cook (who isn't smart even to know NOT to eat 15,000 calories a day).

Aside from that it was a sweet male-bonding fantasy.
 
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