Home for the Holidays

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  • 1 hr 43 min
  • PG-13
  • Parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 14+. More on child suitability

  • 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 long-suffering sister (Cynthia Stevenson), her snobby brother-in-law (Steve Guttenberg) and her nutty aunt (Geraldine Chaplin). But the evening gets interesting when sparks fly between Claudia and her brother's handsome friend Leo Fish (Dylan McDermott). Full synopsis

  • Cast: Holly Hunter, Robert Downey, Jr., Anne Bancroft, Charles Durning, Geraldine Chaplin
  • Director: Jodie Foster
  • Genres: Comedy

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100
San Francisco Chronicle
| 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

88
Chicago Sun-Times
| Roger Ebert

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

75
TV Guide
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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. Read full review

75
Rolling Stone
| Peter Travers

Foster keeps the party hopping, although more dark humor would have helped before she winds it down with sentiment and bromides. Read full review

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