Fresh
Foster's second directorial effort is a vividly drawn if too episodic portrait of an eccentric family, well acted by the entire cast, especially Holly Hunter and Robery Downey Jr.
Emanuel Levy, Variety
Home for the Holidays
On the fourth Thursday in November, 84 million American families will gather together... And wonder why.
1995 · 1h 43m · PG-13
Comedy, Drama, Romance
Directed by
Jodie Foster
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Home for the Holidays
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.
Director and cast
- Jodie Foster Director
- Holly Hunter as Claudia Larson
- Robert Downey Jr. as Tommy Larson
- Anne Bancroft as Adele Larson
- Charles Durning as Henry Larson
- Dylan McDermott as Leo Fish
- Geraldine Chaplin as Aunt Glady
- Steve Guttenberg as Walter Wedman
- Cynthia Stevenson as Joanne Larson Wedman
- Claire Danes as Kitt Larson
- Emily Ann Lloyd as Brittany Lace
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
63%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Spirited but uneven.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
Fresh
Neither caustic nor sentimental, it's a film that maybe half the people on Earth have at one time considered writing.
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Rotten
Foster keeps the party hopping, although more dark humor would have helped before she winds it down with sentiment and bromides.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Rotten
Foster and Richter, of course, want to do more than make audiences laugh; they want us to be touched by their characters' humanity and take an interest in a budding romance, but that rarely is the case.
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
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