A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England school remains on campus during Christmas break. He soon forms an unlikely bond with a brainy but damaged troublemaker, and with the school's cook,... Read allA curmudgeonly instructor at a New England school remains on campus during Christmas break. He soon forms an unlikely bond with a brainy but damaged troublemaker, and with the school's cook, a woman who just lost a son in the Vietnam War.A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England school remains on campus during Christmas break. He soon forms an unlikely bond with a brainy but damaged troublemaker, and with the school's cook, a woman who just lost a son in the Vietnam War.
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- TriviaMany of the scenes were filmed at Fairhaven High School in Fairhaven, Massachusetts in February 2022 during the school's February break. At this time, the area received a snow storm to the delight of the film crew since many of the scenes took place during a snowstorm. They took full advantage of the weather and the snow you see in the film was from an actual snowstorm.
- GoofsWhen Paul and Angus go to the "packie" (liquor store) in Cambridge, the sign on the front shows open hours on Sunday. In 1970, Massachusetts still had "Blue Laws" that forbade liquor stores to open on Sunday.
- Quotes
Paul Hunham: There's nothing new in human experience, Mr. Tully. Each generation thinks it invented debauchery or suffering or rebellion, but man's every impulse and appetite from the disgusting to the sublime is on display right here all around you. So, before you dismiss something as boring or irrelevant, remember, if you truly want to understand the present or yourself, you must begin in the past. You see, history is not simply the study of the past. It is an explanation of the present.
- Crazy creditsThe film opens with a 1970's vintage R-rating MPAA card, followed by a 70's version of the Focus Features and Miramax logos.
- Alternate versionsThe UK release was cut, a cut was required to remove a misleading category symbol, in order to obtain a 15 classification. Cut made in accordance with BBFC policy. An uncut classification was not available.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Half in the Bag: Oppenheimer and The Hollywood Implosion (2023)
Thankfully, Alexander Payne has managed to take his sentimentality and make an original film out of it. Or if The Holdovers is a pale imitation of a superior picture then the filmmaker has managed to trick me because I don't feel as if I've seen this movie before but done better.
Now to be clear, there aren't things you've never seen before in the movie. I mean, you know the characters are going to bond at some point. And people will grow to care about each other. That's a given. How we get there, however, is what makes the film seem fresh and entertaining and ever bit as good as any flick made back in the day.
I hope more people see it.
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- Also known as
- Los que se quedan
- Filming locations
- Groton School, 282 Farmers Row, Groton, Massachusetts, USA(Barton Academy)
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $20,355,375
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $211,093
- Oct 29, 2023
- Gross worldwide
- $45,628,504
- Runtime2 hours 13 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 1.66 : 1