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  • Home for the Holidays
  • Runtime:1 hr. 43 min.
  • PG-13
  • Information for parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 14+. Read More
  • When her teenage daughter opts out of Thanksgiving, single mother Claudia Larson (Holly Hunter) travels alone to her childhood home for an explosive holiday dinner with her dysfunctional family. Claudia quickly tires of her parents, her Read More
  • Cast: Holly Hunter, Robert Downey, Jr., Anne Bancroft, Charles Durning, Geraldine Chaplin
  • Director: Jodie Foster
  • Genres: Comedy Drama, Ensemble Film, Domestic Comedy, Holiday Film

Home for the Holidays Critic Reviews

So-so Avg. Critic Score out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 100
    San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalle

    Home for the Holidays strikes such a perfect note that it's hard at first to...

  • 88
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

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

  • 75
    Rolling Stone | Peter Travers

    Foster keeps the party hopping, although more dark humor would have helped...

  • 60
    The New York Times | Elvis Mitchell

    Ms. Foster and the screenwriter, W. D. Richter, have given this film some...

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