Paul Giamatti is always good.
Reviews were great.
Sideways director Alexander Payne reunites with Giamatti.
The Holdovers is a 2023 American Christmas comedy-drama film set in 1970.
I wouldn’t say this film is as good as Sideways, but it has something of similar feel.
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 elite academy …
… it’s about finding family where you least expect it.
Da’vine Joy Randolph won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actress, and the BAFTA Award for Best Supporting Actress.
That’s a surprise to me. She doesn’t have nearly the same screen time as the other two stars.
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Rick McCharles 