The Holdovers

Friday, December 15 until Thursday, December 21, 2023Yukon Theatre

A cranky history teacher at a remote prep school is forced to remain on campus over the holidays with a troubled student who has no place to go.

From acclaimed director Alexander Payne, THE HOLDOVERS follows a curmudgeonly instructor (Paul Giamatti) at a New England prep school who is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually he forms an unlikely bond with one of them -- a damaged, brainy troublemaker (newcomer Dominic Sessa) -- and with the school's head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam (Da'Vine Joy Randolph).

Recommended for ages 15+ for language, some drug use and brief sexual material.

Easily one of the best Christmas-themed entertainments in some time because it sustains its brilliance and never resorts to gooeyness. - Breakfast All Day