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  • Starring: Anne Bancroft, Holly Hunter, Robert Downey Jr.
  • Summary: Claudia Larson (Hunter) is a divorced single mom who just lost her job and now has to fly home for the traditional family Thanksgiving in Baltimore. From the plane, she calls for reinforcements, and brother Tommy (Downey) makes it down from Boston with a little surprise--a handsome friend named Leo (McDermott). Between dropping the turkey in their sister's lap and a few fist fights on the front lawn, Claudia and Tommy recapture their childhood --and Claudia and Leo explore the sweet possibility of romance. (MGM)… Expand

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  1. Positive: 5 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 15
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  1. San Francisco Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Mick LaSalle
    100
    Home for the Holidays strikes such a perfect note that it's hard at first to realize what an impressive balancing act it is.
  2. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Elvis Mitchell
    60
    Ms. Foster and the screenwriter, W. D. Richter, have given this film some peculiar mood swings, so that it starts out zanily and winds down to a wistful note.
  3. Empire
    Reviewed by: Staff(not credited)
    60
    There are few surprises on offer here; the comedy is engaging without ever being side-splitting, the dramatic conflict convinces without going overboard, and the denouement, feelgood as it is, can be spotted a long way in the distance.

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  1. JamesB.
    10
    This is about a wild, dysfunctional family, parts of which most of us can all relate. Great characters and a perfect cast. A genius cast, in fact. This movie requires a sense of humor and it helps if your family is screwed up (too). One of my favorite movies of all time. A no-miss around the holidays. If they allowed a higher score than 10, this would get it. Run—don’t walk—to go out and get this on DVD.… Expand
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