Home for the Holidays

Locations
Call Number: DVD Holiday Home, DVD Comedy Home
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Traverwood Branch, Westgate Branch

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Downtown 1st Floor 1-week checkout	DVD Holiday Home	1-week checkout	On Shelf
Downtown 1st Floor 1-week checkout	DVD Holiday Home	1-week checkout	On Shelf
Downtown 1st Floor 1-week checkout	DVD Holiday Home	1-week checkout	On Shelf
Traverwood Adult A/V 1-week checkout	DVD Comedy Home	1-week checkout	On Shelf
Westgate Adult A/V 1-week checkout	DVD Holiday Home	1-week checkout	On Shelf
Malletts Adult A/V 1-week checkout	DVD Holiday Home	1-week checkout	Due 04-26-2024

Information from pre-release promotional materials; release date: Sept. 4, 2001.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 1995.
Based on a short story by Chris Radant.
Special features: Audio commentary by director Jodie Foster; theatrical trailer.
Holly Hunter, Robert Downey, Jr., Anne Bancroft, Dylan McDermott, Geraldine Chaplin, Steve Guttenberg, Claire Danes, Cynthia Stevenson, Charles Durning.
Claudia Larson is a divorced single mom who just lost her job and now has to fly home for the traditional family Thanksgiving in Baltimore. From the plane, she calls for reinforcements--and her brother Tommy makes it down from Boston with a little surprise: a handsome friend named Leo. Between dropping the turkey in their sister's lap and a few fist fights on the front lawn, Claudia and Tommy recapture their childhood and Claudia and Leo explore the sweet possibility of romance.
DVD, Dolby digital 5.1, stereo., aspect ratio: 1.85:1 (widescreen).

COMMUNITY REVIEWS

I had to buy it... submitted by Kikumatsu97 on July 27, 2015, 7:39pm This is a great Robert Downey Jr. Movie. I love the role he plays. I think this script is really well thought out and well executed by the actors and director. Thanksgiving and Christmas are depicted in a really unusual way. I love this movie.

HFTH submitted by a2sue on July 26, 2017, 9:03am Home for the Holidays has some funny moments.

A Slice of Life Thanksgiving Film submitted by Meginator on August 17, 2020, 11:28pm This is very much a slice-of-life film; though it may take a moment to adjust to its tone and quick-fire dialogue, the experience is worth the effort. Holly Hunter leads an excellent cast in this Thanksgiving tale that resists neatly wrapped plotlines and instead offers a more accurate portrait of family that, while supportive and loving, has its own unique longstanding conflicts. The humor is often wry and hidden under layers of dialogue, but the script and performances are genuine and offer something quite different than standard saccharine Hollywood holiday fare.