Home for the Holidays [Blu-ray]

Director: Jodie Foster

Overview

In this affectionate comedy, an eccentric extended family members gathers for their annual Thanksgiving feast and bring with them their many problems and personal quirks. Claudia flies from Chicago to Boston to visit her parents for the holidays, who immediately start treating her like a child.

Product Details

Release Date:	10/03/2017
UPC:	0826663180008
Original Release:	1995
Rating:	PG-13
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Sound:	[Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround]
Language:	English
Time:	1:43:00
Sales rank:	21,445

Special Features

Audio commentary by director Jodie Foster; Original theatrical trailer; Gallery

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Holly Hunter	Claudia Larson
Robert Downey Jr.	Tommy Larson
Anne Bancroft	Adele Larson
Charles Durning	Henry Larson
Dylan McDermott	Leo Fish
Geraldine Chaplin	Aunt Glady
Cynthia Stevenson	Joanne Wedman
Steve Guttenberg	Walter Wedman
Claire Danes	Kit
Emily Ann Lloyd	Brittany Lace
Austin Pendleton	Peter Arnold
David Strathairn	Russell Terziak
Amy Yasbeck	Ginny Johnson Drewer
James Lecesne	Ron Drewer
Angela Paton	Woman on Airplane
Randy Stone	Man In Car
Sam Slovick	Jack
Susan Lyall	Woman at Party
Shawn Hatosy	Counter Boy
Nat Benchley	Airport Cop
Molly Austin	Woman on Airport Phone
Vivienne Shub	Woman No.2 on Airport Phone
Julie Ann Mendez	Woman No.3 on Airport Phone
Johnny Tonini	Young Henry
Eva Langsdorf	Young Adele
Wilder Ferguson	Young Glady
Stephanie Francoz	Young Claudia
Blake Hovespian	Young Tommy
Natasha Stanton	Young Joanne
Zack Duhame	Walter Wedman Jr.
Bus Howard	Man on Airport Phone
Eva Langsdorff	Young Adele
Mark Isham	Composer

Technical Credits

W.D. Richter

Chris Radant

Jodie Foster	Producer
Avy Kaufman	Casting
Stuart Kleinman	Executive Producer
Peggy Rajski	Producer
W.D. Richter	Screenwriter
Chris Radant	Screenwriter
Eric Allard	Special Effects
G.A. Aguilar	Stunts
Gary Pilkington	Special Effects

Editorial Reviews

While not quite as entertaining as her deft behind-the-lens debut, Little Man Tate (1991), this comedy drama from actress-turned-director Jodie Foster is an emotionally satisfying and observant rumination on how family ties often tighten into a noose during the holidays. Cast standouts are lead Holly Hunter as the single mother of a distant teenager who's not quite sure she isn't still a teen herself, and Robert Downey Jr. as her gay brother, the closeted family black sheep. While some of the plot developments are too stridently over the top and sacrifice character development at the altar of wacky "business," the film is a very real portrait of the dread and disappointment that is the flip side of the delight and affection inherent in any obligatory family reunion. While most critics and audiences found that this painfully funny comedy emphasized the pain over the comedy, Home for the Holidays debunks the artificial cheer served up by most motion pictures and deserves to become a perennial holiday favorite for the emotionally and intellectually evolved.