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The Holdovers
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.
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Checked Sep 4, 2026
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Synopsis
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.
More about The Holdovers
Cast
Paul GiamattiPaul Hunham
Dominic SessaAngus Tully
Da'Vine Joy RandolphMary Lamb
Carrie PrestonMiss Lydia Crane
Brady HepnerTeddy Kountze
Ian DolleyAlex Ollerman
Jim KaplanYe-Joon Park
Michael ProvostJason SmithCredits
- Directed by
- Alexander Payne
- Written by
- David Hemingson
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $13M
- Box office
- $42.5M
Production
MiramaxUnited States- Gran Via ProductionsUnited States
