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27/10/2023 Drama, Comedy 2h 13m
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Discomfort and joy.

Overview

A 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.

  1. Alexander Payne

    Director

  2. David Hemingson

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Paul Giamatti

    Paul Hunham

  2. Dominic Sessa

    Angus Tully

  3. Da'Vine Joy Randolph

    Mary Lamb

  4. Carrie Preston

    Miss Lydia Crane

  5. Brady Hepner

    Teddy Kountze

  6. Ian Dolley

    Alex Ollerman

  7. Jim Kaplan

    Ye-Joon Park

  8. Michael Provost

    Jason Smith

  9. Andrew Garman

    Dr. Hardy Woodrup

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Reviews

A review by badelf
Written by badelf on 2024-01-03
Awesome heartwarming Christmas cheer. Loved the pacing, loved the tempo of the reveal, and loved the character arches. Not sure it's as repeatable as Wonderful Life or (original) Miracle on 34th. Ask me in a few Xmases.
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$13,000,000.00

Revenue
$42,513,270.00

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