Home for the Holidays

Name: Home for the Holidays
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Released: November 3, 1995
Duration: 103 min
Rating: 56
Cast: Anne Bancroft, Holly Hunter, Robert Downey Jr.

1995

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Paramount Pictures | Release Date: November 3, 1995 | PG-13

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 turkeyClaudia 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

Director: Jodie Foster

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Romance

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 103 min

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Mick LaSalle

Home for the Holidays strikes such a perfect note that it's hard at first to realize what an impressive balancing act it is. Read full review

Roger Ebert

Foster directs the film with a sure eye for the revealing little natural moment. Read full review

Barbara Shulgasser

Foster has whipped the actors into the sort of comic frenzy usually reserved for farce, and the ready-for-anything energy serves the material well. Read full review

Susan Wloszczyna

But director Jodie Foster and writer W.D.Richter aren't content to serve the usual Planes, Trains and Cliches at their Thanksgiving feast. With her keen actor's instincts, Foster piles on plenty for her terrific cast to chew on and for us to savor. [03 Nov 1995, Pg.01.D]

Rita Kempley

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. Read full review

Kenneth Turan

What results is a film with some bright spots but whose effect is finally as muddled and wearying as the event itself sometimes is. Read full review

Emanuel Levy

But Foster is unable to give the episodic, fragmented film a coherent feel; her prosaic, sometimes irritating picture proceeds scene by scene, with the requisite climaxes and anticlimaxes along the bumpy road. Read full review

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JamesB.

Jan 23, 2006

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 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… Expand

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marymaebennett

Nov 28, 2017

Eh. This would be a perfect definition of "eh." I don't have much to say about it except that it screamed of being a try hard. Every scene was supposed to be super emotional but all of it felt forced The profanity in the dialogue felt forced. The ever present idea that everyone's life isEh. This would be a perfect definition of "eh." I don't have much to say about it except that it screamed of being a try hard. Every scene was supposed to be super emotional but all of it felt forced The profanity in the dialogue felt forced. The ever present idea that everyone's life is messed up that was constantly smacked in your face felt forced. Every single part of the romance felt forced. I can't tell if the screenwriters or the director have no sense of romance or maybe it's both. I don't care or have strong feelings about this movie. I guess the only other thing to say about it is that the use of the slideshow made me very confused on how much time was supposed to be passed down between chapters. My gut reaction was to give it a five, I thought about bringing it down to a four, but I don't care enough.… Expand

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