The Holdovers (2023)

[Marty McFourth]

Release Date: October 27, 2023

Cast​

• Paul Giamatti as Paul Hunham, a much disliked teacher at Barton Academy
• Dominic Sessa as Angus, a smart but troublemaking student who is unable to return home for Christmas
• Da'Vine Joy Randolph as Mary, the school's head cook whose son recently died in the Vietnam War
• Carrie Preston as Lydia Crane, the school office administrator who also works as a waitress

Synopsis: The disliked Deerfield Academy teacher, Paul Hunham, is put in charge of supervising the students who are unable to return home to Christmas due to having no family.
However, he is forced to deal with one particularly rebellious student, Angus.

Trailer:

 

[Apoho Creed]

I thought this was going to be pure Comedy but once I saw it get serious with Angus now I see a good Movie to watch coming up.

 

[Marty McFourth]

Just finished this, I loved it so much. Easily one of the best films I have seen over the past few years. The characters were so well-written and they have excellent development and growth throughout the movie. The dialogue was fantastic, it felt really natural with some genuinely really funny moments and the touching parts really hit the spot. I just love when the dialogue flows. It has a gorgeous visual style and setting, I loved it being set around Christmas. Paul Giamatti is always an actor I tend to really enjoy and he was just perfect here. This role felt like it was written for him with the way he just slips in to his character. The chemistry he has with Dominic Sessa was really good, I loved the way they bounced off each other. Da'Vine Joy Randolph was absolutely sensational. Highly recommend watching this, it will move you in a lot of ways and make you laugh as well..