Movie Review: The Holdovers (2023)

Rotten Tomatoes ^ | Release date: Nov 10, 2023 Duration: 02:13:00 | Director: Alexander Payne

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Tomatometer 96% - Audience Score 91%

Critics Consensus

Beautifully bittersweet, The Holdovers marks a satisfying return to form for director Alexander Payne. Read critic reviews

Audience Says

Cute and touching if not laugh-out-loud hilarious, The Holdovers is a thought-provoking dramedy for viewers seeking a dialogue-driven movie with a throwback feel.

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Just watched this on one of the "free" movie websites. If you liked "Dead Poets Society" you will probably like this. It's just a nice, plain, old-fashioned movie with plot and character development and no gender-deranged/climate change propaganda.

[Montana_Sam]

Appreciate the tip!

[E. Pluribus Unum]

I forgot to mention that it’s a Christmas movie because it takes place at Christmas.

[LadyDoc]

Yes. A very nice movie about lonely people finding friendship. And a coming of age story. Giamatti is very good as the teacher stuck babysitting kids who can't go home for Christmas.

[Behind Liberal Lines]

Giammatti is always worth watching

[RoosterRedux]

I just watched the trailer. Looks good.

[Chainmail]

Looks like fun..

[poinq]

If I tell me wife its made by the guy who gave us Sideways, she will turn off the electricity.

[MD Expat in PA]

Just watched this on one of the "free" movie websites. If you liked "Dead Poets Society" you will probably like this. It's just a nice, plain, old-fashioned movie with plot and character development and no gender-deranged/climate change propaganda.

So, you watched this movie for “free” on one of those pirate/torrent movie sites?

I would think if you wanted Hollywood to make more of these types of movies, instead of stealing it, you should pay for it to encourage more of these types of movies to be made.

[moovova]

"I forgot to mention that it’s a Christmas movie because it takes place at Christmas."

Just like "Diehard".

[E. Pluribus Unum]

That’s the standard, I have heard.

[chaosagent]

Diehard is definitely a Christmas movie.

They even have an Advent Calendar for it.



Hans Gruber falling off the Nakatoma Plaza building.

[sphinx]

Thanks for the recommendation. I had noticed this when it was being well received in festivals but haven't seen it yet. An old fashioned, character driven movie with nothing skunky is my kind of film. Let me push a step further. "Good" films is the first tier, and those come in all genres. I am not a genre snob. But I'm especially on the lookout for good conservative films. Is there anything in The Holdovers (maybe buried in the subtext) that pushes it in that direction?