SummaryClaudia Larson (Hunter) is a divorced single mom who just lost her job and now has to fly home for the traditional family Thanksgiving in Baltimore. From the plane, she calls for reinforcements, and brother Tommy (Downey) makes it down from Boston with a little surprise--a handsome friend named Leo (McDermott). Between dropping the turkey in thei... Read More
Directed By:Jodie Foster
Written By:Chris Radant, W.D. Richter
Home for the Holidays
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Mixed or Average
57
User score
Generally Favorable
7.2
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
57
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Home for the Holidays strikes such a perfect note that it's hard at first to realize what an impressive balancing act it is.
75
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.
60
There are few surprises on offer here; the comedy is engaging without ever being side-splitting, the dramatic conflict convinces without going overboard, and the denouement, feelgood as it is, can be spotted a long way in the distance.
50
The movie faithfully records the rivalries among the various members of a fractious Baltimore family, but it never really attempts to resolve any of the internecine conflicts. In that sense, it's less ambitious than many a TV series.
50
What results is a film with some bright spots but whose effect is finally as muddled and wearying as the event itself sometimes is.
42
Foster, working from a patchy, meandering script by W.D. Richter, produces scene after scene of rudderless banter. The movie is all asides, all nattering; the actors seem lost in their busy, fractious shticks.
40
The result is a movie that feels both fussed-over and meaninglessly cruel.
User score
Generally Favorable
7.2
69% Positive
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Nov 28, 2017
5
Eh. This would be a perfect definition of "eh." I don't have much to say about it except that it screamed of being a try hard. Every scene was supposed to be super emotional but all of it felt forced The profanity in the dialogue felt forced. The ever present idea that everyone's life is messed up that was constantly smacked in your face felt forced. Every single part of the romance felt forced. I can't tell if the screenwriters or the director have no sense of romance or maybe it's both. I don't care or have strong feelings about this movie. I guess the only other thing to say about it is that the use of the slideshow made me very confused on how much time was supposed to be passed down between chapters. My gut reaction was to give it a five, I thought about bringing it down to a four, but I don't care enough.
Production Company:
- Paramount Pictures
- Polygram Filmed Entertainment
- Egg Pictures
- Skywalker Sound
Release Date:Nov 3, 1995
Duration:1 h 43 m
Rating:PG-13
Tagline:When you go home, do you wonder: Who are these people?
Awards
GLAAD Media Awards
• 1 Nomination
Young Artist Awards
• 1 Nomination
