This one has visited almost all possible movie festivals this Autumn and
THE HOLDOVERS from
Alexander Payne will finally hit internet
December 29th! Nobody likes teacher Paul Hunham (
Paul Giamatti), not his students, not his fellow faculty, not the headmaster, who all find his pomposity and rigidity exasperating. With no family and nowhere to go over Christmas holiday in 1970, Paul remains at school to supervise students unable to journey home. After a few days, only one student holdover remains, a trouble-making 15-year-old named Angus (
Dominic Sessa), a good student whose bad behavior always threatens to get him
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It was directed by Alexander Payne
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expelled. Joining Paul and Angus is head cook Mary (
Davine Joy Randolph), an African American woman who caters to sons of privilege. These three very different shipwrecked people form an unlikely Christmas family sharing comic misadventures during two very snowy weeks in New England. The real journey is how they help one another understand that they are not beholden to their past - they can choose their own futures. Check out the engaging trailer below for this award winning movie drama which already won more than 50 awards around the world and tell us what you think down in the comments. The movie is now available on
Peacock! 
