The Holdovers
About The Holdovers
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.
The Holdovers is a 2023 comedy film directed by Alexander Payne. It runs 133 minutes and was released in October 2023.
Paul Giamatti takes the lead as Paul Hunham, Dominic Sessa as Angus Tully, Da'Vine Joy Randolph as Mary Lamb, and Carrie Preston as Miss Lydia Crane. Written by David Hemingson. It comes from Gran Via Productions and Miramax.
Shelv files it under melancholy, mental illness, winter, and alcoholism. American members can watch it on Peacock Premium and Peacock Premium Plus.
The Iron Claw, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, and Eileen make useful companions to The Holdovers, all filed under 1970s, adoring, and grief. It scores 7.7 out of 10 from 2,772 TMDB voters and it carries a R rating.