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The Holdovers

The Holdovers

Discomfort and joy.

2023•2h 13m•7.6/10
ComedyDrama

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7.6/10(2K)

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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Production

Miramax, Gran Via Productions

Language

EN

Status

Released

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Cast

Paul Giamatti

Paul Giamatti

Paul Hunham

Dominic Sessa

Dominic Sessa

Angus Tully

Da'Vine Joy Randolph

Da'Vine Joy Randolph

Mary Lamb

Carrie Preston

Carrie Preston

Miss Lydia Crane

Brady Hepner

Brady Hepner

Teddy Kountze

Ian Dolley

Ian Dolley

Alex Ollerman

Jim Kaplan

Jim Kaplan

Ye-Joon Park

Michael Provost

Michael Provost

Jason Smith

Andrew Garman

Andrew Garman

Dr. Hardy Woodrup

Naheem Garcia

Naheem Garcia

Danny

Stephen Thorne

Stephen Thorne

Thomas Tully

Gillian Vigman

Gillian Vigman

Judy Clotfelter

Tate Donovan

Tate Donovan

Stanley Clotfelter

Darby Lee-Stack

Darby Lee-Stack

Elise

Bill Mootos

Bill Mootos

Mr. Endicott

Dustin Tucker

Dustin Tucker

Mr. Rosensweig

Juanita Pearl

Juanita Pearl

Mary's Sister Peggy

Alexander Cook

Priest / Bartender

Liz Bishop

Liz Bishop

Office Lady

Cole Tristan Murphy

Cole Tristan Murphy

Toothbrushing Student

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