Home for the Holidays

 (1995)


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  • Critics Rating 20 critics
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User Reviews

Disappointing
Jun 10, 2008
mimi4monster - yahoo.com
I thought this movie would be fun but it was boring. There were some good things but I had this smile frozen on my face because it was almost like I was expected to laugh but nothing was funny. Everyone in... Full review
Dull and dreary
Jun 10, 2008
porschemaint - yahoo.com
It was so hard to watch Robert Downey Jr. in this movie, I just wanted to slap him. After we finished watching this, we looked at each other and said "that was awful." Its really bad - don't waste your time.... Full review
This movie is just pathetic
Jun 10, 2008
aisha_clanclan321 - yahoo.com
I really don't know why anyone likes this movie. I couldn't stand it. Why would I want to watch a woman get tortured (in a way) by her eccentric relatives? I have to admit, I don't know if I would have... Full review
home for the holidays
Jun 09, 2008
bbg4life001 - yahoo.com
Home for the Holidays is one of those movies you discover by watching HBO or Showtime on a boring Saturday afternoon. It's one of those movies that makes you apprecite a boring Saturday afternoon because you get so wrapped up in... Full review
family life at its finest
Jun 09, 2008
trophywife2u - yahoo.com
This movie is the sorce for most of my inside jokes with friends and family members. It has also become a test for friends, if they get it they're in! The story is one most of us have encountered, with family... Full review
One of my favorites
Jun 09, 2008
jacob_m_wallace - yahoo.com
This is the kind of movie that appears to be some hokey seasonal flick on the surface yet is very deep and revealing upon watching. Jodie Foster does a great job with a familair story: annual holiday family reunion gone terribly... Full review
That has to be the most insane holiday film ever!!
Jun 09, 2008
cleverhermione100 - yahoo.com
Its horrible, makes no sense, and it just stinks! I didnt understand it, and the title, "Home for the Holidays", makes you think its a Christmas film, when its actully a Thanksgiving movie!... Full review
A TURKEY
Jun 09, 2008
t.kirby - yahoo.com
It's a good thing that Jodi Foster is a really good actress, cuz her directing ain't so hot. This is the story of a very dysfunctional family (whose isn't, I ask you?) who gets together at Thanksgiving and acts like they... Full review
rememberable movies
May 28, 2008
lynda_pritchard2000 - yahoo.com
I thought this movie was pretty good. It is pretty much like my family. It is funny, heart warming, crazy, different than most movies. I am sure there are more family's out there like this one.... Full review
great comedy drama
Dec 29, 2003
urotsukidoji_1 - imdb.com
My wife got me into this gem of a flick. Actually saw it in the theater. Simple, yet soo funny. A must for every person dreading the season, or for those with odd relatives.... Full review

Critics Reviews

| Nov 26, 2008
Film School Rejects
This clip takes us all the way back to 1995, when one of my personal favorite holiday movies, Home for the Holidays , was made. The whole film is a blast, but the clip above is one of its finest moments, the arrival of Tommy and his mysterious friend Leo Fish, played by Dylan McDermott. ... Full Review
| Aug 01, 2008
Boxoffice Magazine
The talent is first-rate, but the characterizations provided by scripter W.D. Richter in their lurchingly dramatic presentations never achieve the depth that would give them resonance; when the film closes, its focus on the supposedly poignant Claudia-Leo relationship arrives as though picked from a narrative hat of equally prospective denouements. ... Full Review
| Sep 02, 2001
DVD Talk
Summary: Home for the Holidays is an enjoyable comedy, though it gets to be a bit too much near the end. Home for the Holidays is a film that, despite some slow spots, was fairly enjoyable. Blacks are good throughout the film. ... Full Review
| May 08, 1996
James Berardinelli's Reviews
This film is neither relentlessly cheerful nor unbearably downbeat, but somewhere in the middle. Sheri Zarhin has crafted a diverting drama that is almost entirely devoid of political overtones. ... Full Review
| Apr 06, 1996
Los Angeles Times
What results is a film with some bright spots but whose effect is finally as muddled and wearying as the event itself sometimes is. Screenplay W. D. Richter, based on a short story by Chris Radant. Art director Jim Tocci. ... Full Review

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