The Holdovers

Is The Holdovers right for your family?

Movie 2023 133 min

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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Provisional estimate — not yet fully analyzed. 16 (BR)

Likely present: Romance & relationshipsFamily themesPolitical & social messagingHeavy emotional content

A curmudgeonly instructor forms an unlikely bond with students and the school cook during Christmas break.

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