The Holdovers (2023)
Directed by Alexander Payne · 133 min · Drama, Comedy
60.9 TOPICAL score · #1,229 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →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 (2023, directed by Alexander Payne) has a TOPICAL score of 60.9 - ranked 1,229 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on audience and critics, and lowest on awards. Critics: 97% on Rotten Tomatoes · Metacritic 82. Audiences: TMDB 7.6/10 (2,719 ratings). Wikipedia covers it in 38 languages.
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- Critics97% on Rotten Tomatoes · Metacritic 82
- AudienceTMDB 7.6/10 (2,719 ratings)
- Awards0 wins, 0 nominations
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 38 languages
- Still read97,247 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
Starring: Paul Giamatti (actor #228), Dominic Sessa, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Carrie Preston