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Home for the Holidays

1995

Jodie Foster

Holly Hunter, Robert Downey Jr., Anne Bancroft, Geraldine Chaplin ...

5.7

1,715

Comedy. Action 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 ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Mick LaSalle San Francisco Chronicle	"Home for the Holidays strikes such a perfect note that it's hard at first to realize what an impressive balancing act it is"	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Foster keeps the party hopping, although more dark humor would have helped before she winds it down with sentiment and bromides"	POS
United States	Elvis Mitchell The New York Times	"Foster and the screenwriter, W. D. Richter, have given this film some peculiar mood swings, so that it starts out zanily and winds down to a wistful note."	NEU
United States	Marjorie Baumgarten Austin Chronicle	"The movie stresses the more painful and awkward moments; moments that might be classified as "heartwarming" are rare. This results in a very cynical tone and I suspect that was not the desired effect."	NEU
United States	Emanuel Levy Variety	"Foster is unable to give the episodic, fragmented film a coherent feel"	NEG
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"Foster directs the film with a sure eye for the revealing little natural moment."	POS
United States	Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times	"A film with some bright spots but whose effect is finally as muddled and wearying as the event itself sometimes is."	NEU

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