Home for the Holidays
1995 · Movie · PG-13 · 103 min · ★ 6.2 · 60% critics
After a rough stretch that leaves her reeling, a woman heads home for Thanksgiving expecting comfort but finds a chaotic family gathering instead. As old tensions flare and everyone’s quirks collide, she tries to keep it together, reconnect, and make sense of what “home” really means.
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Details
- Years
- 1995
- Release date
- 1995-11-02
- Language
- English
- Rated
- PG-13
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Critic score
- 60/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.2/10 (193 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy this if you want a funny-but-tender holiday family meltdown with sharp emotions and nostalgia; Not for you if you prefer calm, purely feel-good comedies or can’t stand messy, bickering relatives like in Tortilla Soup.
Pros: touching family moments; relatable holiday chaos; strong ensemble energy | Cons: over-the-top characters; uneven humor; unnatural dialogue
Themes
- holiday
- generations conflict
- baltimore, usa
- thanksgiving
- family clan
- family conflict
- woman director
- christmas
Cast & crew
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
Directed by Jodie Foster