The Holdovers is an odd couple Christmas movie for the ages
The Paul Giamatti-led movie The Holdovers — equal parts funny and tragic — stuns with its performances, tone and message.
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![Paul Giamatti, left, stars as Paul Hunham and Dominic Sessa as Angus Tully in director Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers. The film, about an irascible teacher forced to care for an irreverent student, is possible the best release of 2023. A young and older man stand amid waist-high bookshelves outdoors. The older man holds a book in his hands.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7016512.1698967038!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/the-holdovers.jpg)
The Paul Giamatti-led movie The Holdovers — equal parts funny and tragic — stuns with its performances, tone and message.