13 December 2024 @ 7:30 pm
Friday 13th December 2024
Start time 7.30pm
UK rating 15
Running time 2 hours 13 mins
The Holdovers is a 2023 American Christmas comedy drama starring Paul Giamatti and directed by Alexander Payne. This beauty arrived too late for Christmas 2023 so we’re making it our Friday Film Club gift to you this year.
Three lonely people: A cantankerous, unpopular teacher, Paul Hunham (Paul Giamatti); a bright, abrasive student, Angus (Dominic Sessa); and Mary (Da’Vine Joy Randolph), the school’s head cook and a recently bereaved mother, find themselves forced to spend the winter holiday together in an otherwise empty New England boarding school.
Forced into uncomfortable proximity, the three slowly eke out an understanding in this witty and bittersweet throwback to the classic American cinema of the 1970s.
Paul Giamatti and Da’Vine Joy Randolph won Golden Globes for their performances but the whole cast is excellent. They really don’t make films like this anymore.
A Very Happy Christmas from the Friday Film Club!
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