Director Alexander Payne’s newest film uses warmth and wit to tell the story of a grumpy boarding school teacher (Paul Giamatti) who, when forced to stay on campus over Christmas Break, befriends other campus misfits. A perceptive glimpse into the temporal but special bonds that form when we least expect it. (dir. Alexander Payne, U.S, 2023, 133m)
“Its sentimentality expertly balanced by its humor, The Holdovers is a story about the lies we tell ourselves (for good and ill) and the reality of our not-so-dissimilar human conditions.” – The Daily Beast
