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Home for the Holidays

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Home for the Holidays (1995)

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Reviews Counted:44

Fresh:27

Rotten:17

Average Rating:5.9/10

Runtime: 1 hr 43 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: It's Thanksgiving, so you know what that means -- dinner with your family, for better or for worse. But Claudia Larson's woes begin right before she flies home: she loses her job, and her teenage... It's Thanksgiving, so you know what that means -- dinner with your family, for better or for worse. But Claudia Larson's woes begin right before she flies home: she loses her job, and her teenage daughter swears she will lose her virginity while Claudia is away. And when she arrives at her parents' home, things do not improve, thanks to Claudia's quirky family. This includes her meddling mom, an obnoxious gay brother, her unsmiling, resentful sister, and a very odd, flatulent aunt. The next two days will prove difficult for Claudia, but they will not be without moments of tenderness, caring and love. [More]

Starring: Holly Hunter, Robert Downey, Dylan McDermott, Claire Danes

Starring: Holly Hunter, Robert Downey, Dylan McDermott, Claire Danes, Anne Bancroft, Charles Durning, Geraldine Chaplin, Steve Guttenberg, Cynthia Stevenson, Johnny Tonini, Shawn Hatosy

Director: Jodie Foster

Director: Jodie Foster

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This has its fair share of laugh out loud moments and a good deal of heart.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
02/27/08
Channel 4 Film
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A modest film (in every sense) which pushes the gags too hard.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
02/09/06
Time Out
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It's likeable in that cosy, wet Sunday afternoon, family sort of way.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
01/01/00
Caroline Westbrook
Caroline Westbrook
Empire Magazine
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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.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
10/18/08
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
Variety
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Jodie Foster has directed a poisoned paean to the great American tradition of torturous family gatherings.

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02/27/08
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Has a spirit and an ostensible shapelessness that are pure Cassavetes, enveloping a script that only seems to reach for the precise calculations of 1930s screwball comedy.

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10/02/06
Nick Davis
Nick Davis
Nick's Flick Picks

A wonderful, big-hearted, messy Thanksgiving story.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
05/26/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
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Combustible Celluloid

No review available.

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06/14/05
Emanuel Levy
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05/29/05
Susan Granger
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Equal parts weirdly off-putting and humorously endearing. (Strange, I know.)

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04/17/05
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.com

Lame attempt at trying to make you feel good.

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04/13/05
Alex Sandell
Alex Sandell
Juicy Cerebellum

No review available.

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11/19/04
Robin Clifford
Robin Clifford
Reeling Reviews

WASP dysfunction done up right

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06/10/04
Sarah Chauncey
Sarah Chauncey
Reel.com

Jodie Foster follows up her directing debut with this underrated, intelligent comedy.

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03/27/04
Blake Davis
Blake Davis
KFOR Channel 4 News

It doesn't all work, but it's entertaining.

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08/14/03
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Spirited but uneven.

Full Review Source: New York Times | comment Comment
05/20/03
Janet Maslin
Janet Maslin
New York Times
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I found myself shaking my head in embarrassed, smiling recognition.

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05/20/03
Jim Shelby
Jim Shelby
Palo Alto Weekly

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02/28/03
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

There are hundreds of films that have covered the same territory with better results.

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01/20/03
Dragan Antulov
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12/22/02
Nicolas Lacroix
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