The holiday season has long passed, but there’s one festive film I find myself returning to even outside the most wonderful time of the year.
Paul Giamatti’s beloved dramedy “The Holdovers” was one I missed the first time around, but my colleague Rory Mellon had so much good to say about it that when it recently returned to Peacock, I figured I’d finally see what all the fuss was about.
And let me just say: You better have some tissues handy for this one.
“The Holdovers” feels like “A Christmas Story” grew up amid unprecedented times. It follows three outcasts stuck on campus over the holiday break, each at a crossroads in their lives, all set on a collision course to get what they can’t seem to let themselves have.
Without spoiling any of the specific beats (because trust me, this
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