The Holdovers
2023 · directed by Alexander Payne
- Rating
- 84/100
- Hit
- yes
- Prestige lists
- Oscar Nominee
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.
The Holdovers (2023), directed by Alexander Payne, rates 84/100 — a hit. See how its director, cast and crew rate across their careers.
Cast
- Paul Giamatti
- Dominic Sessa
- Da'Vine Joy Randolph
- Carrie Preston
- Brady Hepner
- Ian Dolley
- Jim Kaplan
- Michael Provost
- Andrew Garman
- Naheem Garcia
Crew
- Eigil Bryld — Director of Photography
- Kevin Tent — Editor
- Mark Orton — Original Music Composer
- David Hemingson — Writer
More from Alexander Payne
- Sideways (2004) — 82/100 · hit
- Nebraska (2013) — 81/100 · hit
- About Schmidt (2002) — 77/100
- Election (1999) — 77/100
- The Descendants (2011) — 77/100
- Paris Je T'aime (2006) — 72/100
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