The Holdovers (2023)

Movie"Discomfort and joy."
Audience Score
77
Review Score
100
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R 2 hr 13 minNov 10th, 2023Drama, Comedy
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).
StarringPaul GiamattiDominic SessaDa'Vine Joy Randolph
DirectorAlexander Payne
WriterDavid Hemingson

The Holdovers Review

Reuniting with 'Sideways' actor Paul Giamatti, Alexander Payne crafts an elegant and touching film about friendship set in a lovingly nostalgic early 1970s. Opening in theaters in limited release on October 27th before opening wide on November 10th is the eighth feature film from two-time Academy Award winning filmmaker Alexander Payne ('Sideways,' 'The Descendants') entitled ‘The Holdovers.’

Reuniting with actor Paul Giamatti for the first time since 2004’s ‘Sideways,’ director Alexander Payne delivers his best movie since the acclaimed Wine-themed film. ‘The Holdovers’ is a smart, sensitive and awkwardly funny movie, which is wonderfully acted and directed and is not only set in the 1970s but is also brilliantly structured like a film from that era.

The Holdovers Showtimes on December 10th, 2024

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:November 10th, 2023 - Buy Tickets
On Digital & Streaming:November 28th, 2023 - Watch Now
On DVD & Blu-ray:January 2nd, 2024 - Buy DVD
Movie Budget:$13,000,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$42,513,270 (Worldwide)
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Andrew Golov, Thom Zadra, Tom Williams
Production Companies:Miramax, Gran Via Productions
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Movie Tags:
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