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The Holdovers

The Holdovers

Discomfort and joy.

20237.62h 13m

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.

Directed by Alexander Payne
Written by David Hemingson
Produced by Mark Johnson, David Hemingson, Bill Block
Box OfficeBudget: $13.0MRevenue: $42.5M

Top Cast

Paul Giamatti

Paul Giamatti

Paul Hunham

Dominic Sessa

Dominic Sessa

Angus Tully

Da'Vine Joy Randolph

Da'Vine Joy Randolph

Mary Lamb

Carrie Preston

Carrie Preston

Miss Lydia Crane

Brady Hepner

Brady Hepner

Teddy Kountze

Ian Dolley

Ian Dolley

Alex Ollerman

Jim Kaplan

Jim Kaplan

Ye-Joon Park

Michael Provost

Michael Provost

Jason Smith

Andrew Garman

Andrew Garman

Dr. Hardy Woodrup

Naheem Garcia

Naheem Garcia

Danny

Themes & Keywords

vietnam warwinterboarding schoolholidayboston, massachusetts1970salcoholismgriefmisfitmental illnessteacher student relationshipnew englandboys' boarding schoolchristmaswinter breaktroubled youthloss of sonintimatechristmastimecooksentimental

About The Holdovers

The Holdovers is a comedy, drama film released in 2023 exploring themes of vietnam war, winter, boarding school, holiday, boston, massachusetts, 1970s. Directed by Alexander Payne, it stars Paul Giamatti, Dominic Sessa, Da'Vine Joy Randolph. 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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