Home for the Holidays Reviews
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.
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| Original Score: B
Time Out
Top CriticA modest film (in every sense) which pushes the gags too hard.
Neither caustic nor sentimental, it's a film that maybe half the people on Earth have at one time considered writing.
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| Original Score: 4/4
Foster keeps the party hopping, although more dark humor would have helped before she winds it down with sentiment and bromides.
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.
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| Original Score: 2/5
With many of the conversations going on simultaneously, it's difficult -- sometimes even impossible -- to know who is saying what and to whom.
With her keen actor's instincts, Foster piles on plenty for her terrific cast to chew on and for us to savor.
| Original Score: 3/4
The movie, which is about the Thanksgiving family reunion from hell, is not exactly a comedy and yet not a drama, either. Like many family reunions, it has a little of both elements, and the strong sense that madness is being held just out of sight.
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| Original Score: 3.5/4
Aside from a few effective, low-key scenes, the movie doesn't involve the viewer.
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| Original Score: 2/4
