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Home for the Holidays

1995 · 103 min

A warm, chaotic holiday gathering that balances sharp family comedy with quiet melancholy, like a stressful but affectionate reunion.

Directed by
Jodie Foster
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Tagline
On the fourth Thursday in November, 84 million American families will gather together... And wonder why.
Overview
After losing her job, making out with her soon-to-be former boss, and finding out that her daughter plans to spend Thanksgiving with her boyfriend, Claudia Larson faces spending the holiday with her unhinged family.

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Directed by
Jodie Foster
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Romance
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • identity
  • isolation
  • love
  • coming-of-age
Places
  • home
  • big city
  • suburbs
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour6
Realism8
Romance4
Tension5
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Genres
comedy, drama, romance
Directed by
Jodie Foster
Written by
Chris Radant, W.D. Richter
Starring
Holly Hunter, Robert Downey Jr., Anne Bancroft, Charles Durning, Dylan McDermott, Geraldine Chaplin, Steve Guttenberg, Cynthia Stevenson
Music
Mark Isham
Cinematography
Lajos Koltai
Runtime
103 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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