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  • 1995
  • PG-13
  • Paramount Pictures
  • 1 h 43 m
  • 1995
  • PG-13
  • Paramount Pictures
  • 1 h 43 m

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 turke...

Directed By: Jodie Foster

Written By: Chris Radant, W.D. Richter

  • 1995
  • PG-13
  • Paramount Pictures
  • 1 h 43 m
  • 1995
  • PG-13
  • Paramount Pictures
  • 1 h 43 m

Home for the Holidays

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 15 Critic Reviews
57
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 14 User Ratings
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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 turke...

Directed By: Jodie Foster

Written By: Chris Radant, W.D. Richter

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 15 Critic Reviews
57
33% Positive
5 Reviews
67% Mixed
10 Reviews
0% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 15 Critic Reviews
57
33% Positive
5 Reviews
67% Mixed
10 Reviews
0% Negative
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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.
By Mick LaSalle FULL REVIEW
75
From a sharp, jaundiced script by W.D. Richter ("Buckaroo Banzai"), Jodie Foster has directed a poisoned paean to the great American tradition of torturous family gatherings.
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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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50
The movie faithfully records the rivalries among the various members of a fractious Baltimore family, but it never really attempts to resolve any of the internecine conflicts. In that sense, it's less ambitious than many a TV series.
By Rita Kempley FULL REVIEW
50
What results is a film with some bright spots but whose effect is finally as muddled and wearying as the event itself sometimes is.
By Kenneth Turan FULL REVIEW
42
Foster, working from a patchy, meandering script by W.D. Richter, produces scene after scene of rudderless banter. The movie is all asides, all nattering; the actors seem lost in their busy, fractious shticks.
By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW
40
The result is a movie that feels both fussed-over and meaninglessly cruel.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 14 User Ratings
7.0
64% Positive
9 Ratings
29% Mixed
4 Ratings
7% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 14 User Ratings
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29% Mixed
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7% Negative
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Production Company Paramount Pictures, Polygram Filmed Entertainment, Egg Pictures, Skywalker Sound
Release Date Nov 3, 1995
Duration 1 h 43 m
Rating PG-13
Genres
Tagline When you go home, do you wonder: Who are these people?
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Awards

GLAAD Media Awards
• 1 Nomination
Young Artist Awards
• 1 Nomination

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