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Home for the Holidays Director: Jodie Foster Cast: Holly Hunter, Robert Downey Jr., Anne Bancroft, Charles Durning

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  • DVD Release Date: 09/04/2001
  • Original Release: 1995
  • Rating: Rated PG13
  • Sales Rank: 333

Viewer Rating: (14 ratings)

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Audio commentary by director Jodie Foster; Original theatrical trailer; English: 5.1 surround; French: stereo surround; French & Spanish language subtitles

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Scene Index

Side #1 --
0. Scene Selections
1. Main Title/Fired! [3:31]
2. That's Life/"Flying" [2:16]
3. "Mom and Dad" [6:10]
4. Dear Abby [:08]
5. "Company"/On the Nose [7:43]
6. "Relatives" [:24]
7. Heat and Old Flames [2:19]
8. "More Relatives" [5:56]
9. It's All for "The Birds" [6:01]
10. "Cleanup" [1:37]
11. "Now What?" [1:19]
12. Feasting/"Oh, Claudia!" [4:17]
13. "The Point" [:39]
14. "There Is No Point..." [3:28]
15. The Very Thought of You [7:32]
16. End Credits [8:00]

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Editorial Reviews

It's been said that while most people love their families, they don't always like them very much, and that emotional dividing line is the heart of this comedy directed by Jodie Foster. Claudia Larson (Holly Hunter) usually approaches family reunions with a certain trepidation, but as she prepares to fly from her home in Chicago to her parent's place in Baltimore for Thanksgiving, she is more apprehensive than usual. Claudia has just lost her job, she's not feeling at all well, and her teenage daughter, Kitt (Claire Danes), who is staying behind, informs Claudia on the way to the airport that she plans to use the weekend to lose her virginity with her boyfriend. The family festivities are already under way when Claudia arrives at the home of her mother, Adele (Anne Bancroft), and father, Henry (Charles Durning). Claudia's brother, Tommy (Robert Downey Jr.), whose homosexuality is tolerated without being discussed on a practical basis, has brought along his new friend Leo Fish (Dylan McDermott). Tommy doesn't get along well with his fussbudget sister, Joanne (Cynthia Stevenson), who wears her self-sacrifice like a badge of honor, and he simply hates her husband, Walter (Steve Guttenberg), who has often been the target of Tommy's barbed sense of humor. While the siblings and in-laws struggle to remain civil, their quite eccentric aunt Gladys (Geraldine Chaplin) arrives; she insists on discussing her digestive problems, and after a few drinks, she confesses her long-ago lust for Henry. Home for the Holidays was Jodie Foster's second film as a director, and the first in which she didn't also star. Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

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Hits close to home...by literaturemystery23

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September 12, 2009: Home for the Holidays is a very entertaning movie. It also hit home for me. While not all of the characters specifically reflect my relatives, the atmosphere of the home mirrors the home in which my family comes together on Thanksgiving.

The movie holds true to what actual families experience on Thanksgiving Day:laughter, tears, swearing, anxiety, aggravation, love, and perhaps even happiness. The characters are believable, their problems are real (Foster doesn't paint the glossed over fake life here), and wonder why they come home where its the place they really don't want to be.

The movie holds Robert Downey Jr's best performance since his portrayal of Charlie Chaplin in Chaplin. RDJ brings the character to life and the viewer feels the emotional connection with RDJ's character. The viewer will find himself or herself rooting for the lovable characters and hating the arrogant characters.

A must see movie for any occassion, especially Thanksgiving.

I Also Recommend: Chaplin.

Just when you think the holidays are over those bastards go and put christmass nextby Suesie

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November 13, 2008: i LOVE LOVE LOVE this movie.... it's like my family, but mine is more wacked out... the family is great the comedy is great the diner scene is great.. really a fun movie about thanksgiving and the horrors of family..


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