The Holdovers

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Theatrical - Limited 2023-10-27

Cast Paul Giamatti Dominic Sessa Carrie Preston Tate Donovan
Directed by Alexander Payne

Box Office Gross: $42,513,270

Running Time: 133 minutes

Language: English

Production Company: Miramax, Gran Via Productions

Genres: Comedy Drama

JoBlo's Rating

10/10

Synopsis

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,... See more brainy troublemaker — and with the school’s head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam.

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