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Home for the Holidays

2005 · 86 min

A gentle, heartfelt holiday drama about loss and belonging, easy to settle into and quietly satisfying.

Directed by
Richard Compton
Genres
Drama, Family, Tv movie
Starring
Sean Young, Lucia Walters, Perry King
Overview
After their parents are killed in a terrible accident, the four McMurrin children live with their loving Aunt Martha. Martha wants to adopt the children but the town's bitter old banker stands in their way. However, the children's courage and ingenuity triumph and they become a family just before the holidays.

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Directed by
Richard Compton
Genres
Drama, Family, Tv movie
Starring
Sean Young, Lucia Walters, Perry King
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • grief
  • found family
  • justice
  • love
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism6
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity2
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, family, tv movie
Directed by
Richard Compton
Written by
Keith Shaw
Starring
Sean Young, Lucia Walters, Perry King, John Novak, Paula Shaw, Joëlle Antonissen, Madison J Loos, Joey Roche
Cinematography
Anthony C. Metchie
Runtime
86 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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