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Directed by | Alexander Payne |
Written by | David Hemingson |
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Cinematography | Eigil Bryld |
Edited by | Kevin Tent |
Music by | Mark Orton |
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Distributed by | Focus Features |
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Running time | 133 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $13 million[2] |
Box office | $45.6 million[3][4] |
The Holdovers is a 2023 American Christmas comedy drama film directed by Alexander Payne, written by David Hemingson, and starring Paul Giamatti, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, and Dominic Sessa. Set in 1970, it tells the story of a strict classics teacher at a New England boarding school who is forced to chaperone a handful of students who have nowhere to go during the school's Christmas break.
Filming took place from January to March 2022 in Massachusetts. The Holdovers premiered at the 50th Telluride Film Festival on August 31, 2023, and was released in the United States by Focus Features on October 27, 2023. It received critical acclaim and has grossed over $45 million. It was named one of the top 10 films of 2023 by the National Board of Review and the American Film Institute, and received many other accolades, including two wins at the Golden Globe Awards and the British Academy Film Awards; Randolph won the Best Supporting Actress award at both ceremonies. The Holdovers also received five nominations at the 96th Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Giamatti; Randolph won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.
Since its release, The Holdovers has been cited as one of the best Christmas films of the 2020s.[5][6]