The Holdovers
2023 · 2h 13m · Comedy, Drama · United States of America · Rated R (US)
Discomfort and joy.
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.
Directed by
Alexander PayneWritten by
David Hemingson7.6Smart score
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1970sadoringalcoholismboarding schoolboston, massachusettsboys' boarding schoolchristmaschristmastimecookgriefholidayloss of sonmelancholymental illnessmisfitnew englandpeacefulteacher student relationshiptroubled youthvietnam warwinterwinter break
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