The Holdovers
Movie • 2023 • Comedy
ReportA curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually, he forms an unlikely bond with one of them — a damaged, brainy troublemaker — and with the school’s head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam.
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Abandonment
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Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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Basically the whole premise of the movie
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Abuse
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Two of the main character briefly mention physical abuse from their respective fathers.
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Is there domestic violence?
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People tell lies to protect their egos etc but no one is systematically gaslit
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Two of the main character briefly mention physical abuse from their respective fathers.
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Addiction
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Students smoke and talk about weed
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Giaamatti's character drinks at every chance he gets
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Giamatti and Rudolph's characters drink often throughout, and Giamatti's drunkenness is references by students
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Animal
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Assault
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Is there pedophilia?
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There's a brief comment from a student mentioning a teacher's inappropriate interest in students.
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Bodily Harm
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A character shaves his face in the mirror. There are no cuts or nicks.
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Are there dislocations?
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A character dislocates his shoulder jumping on gymnastics equipment. He goes to the ER and the dislocation is show, using makeup. His shoulder is reduced and he screams in pain.
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Is someone crushed to death?
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Mary's husband died by being crushed under a heavy load. Only talked about, not shown.
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Is there amputation?
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Amputation mentioned humorously— “I’m the one who might lose my arm” after a minor injury.
Vietnam veteran depicted with a hook for a hand.
Vietnam veteran depicted with a hook for a hand.
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Does someone break a bone?
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A character's shoulder is dislocated though.
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Children
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Does a kid die?
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One if the main characters is grieving her only son
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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Does someone die?
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A character dies prior to the events of the movie. His death is mentioned often and main characters grieve him.
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Disability
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Stephen Thorne plays someone with paranoid schizophrenia and dementia. On the other hand, Dan Aid, an amputee irl, plays a character who lost a hand in Vietnam.
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
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You learn at the beginning of the movie that one of the main character's child has died.
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Does a parent die?
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A character claims that his father is dead, but it’s later revealed that his father is alive and institutionalized.
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Fear
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Is there a shower scene?
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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A river on the school campus is shown multiple times
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A character shaves their face. A razor is shown on a sink shelf
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Gross
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not shown on screen but the word “v*mit” is mentioned
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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A character wets the bed.
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Is there farting?
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A character screams in pain when a dislocated shoulder is reduced.
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Large-scale Violence
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The movie takes place in 1970
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Law Enforcement
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Is there incarceration?
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A character is institutionalized in a mental hospital.
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Loss
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Medical
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Mental Health
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Two characters are on medication for depression
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Is a mentally ill person violent?
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A mentally ill person “getting physical” is mentioned more than once, but never shown.
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Does someone die by suicide?
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Noxious
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For only a tiny moment a character looks at the camera and winks
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Pregnancy
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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A character is pregnant.
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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A character is made fun of for having “women’s underwear” (a speedo swimsuit) in his suitcase.
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Does the black guy die first?
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The central death in the film is a young Black man. His mother is shown grieving throughout.
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Is there hate speech?
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Relationships
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Sex
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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A male character looks down a frmale character’s shirt.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is there sexual content?
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Sexism
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A male character warns another character that “they’ll crucify you” if he’s caught crying.
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Sickness
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Social
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Spoiler
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A man in a Santa suit sits at a bar the day after Christmas. A character says that his costume is historically inaccurate.
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Does it have a sad ending?
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I would say bittersweet
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Is someone hit by a car?
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