| | | On the fourth Thursday in November, 84 million American families will gather together...And wonder why.
Features: DVD, Aspect Ratio 1.95:1, Commentary, Widescreen, Aspect Ratio 1.85:1, Dolby Digital (5.1), French, Spanish, Subtitled, Trailers
Director Jodie Foster dishes up a heaping helping of holiday hilarity (NBC-TV) with this laugh-out-loud comedy from screenwriter W.D. Richter about family, food and finding acceptance with the people you love. Home for the Holidays is a wickedly funny film that s so true it hurts (Entertainment Today)!In a span of 36 hours, Claudia Larson (Hunter) has managed to lose her job, make out with her boss and learn that her daughter (Danes) is planning to go all the way. But Claudia s fortunes actually take a turn for the worse when she flies home to endure an even more grueling trial: the family Thanksgiving! Beset by a neurotic mother (Bancroft), kooky father (Durning), eccentric brother (Downey, Jr.) and compulsively normal sister (Stevenson), Claudia struggles to maintain her calm. But as sparks fly, tempers flare and turkeys go airborne, Claudia manages to recapture the zaniness of her childhood and discover that the most important things in life are the memories she shares with family and for that, she can only be thankful!System Requirements: Running Time 103 MinFormat: DVD MOVIE
"A thoroughly entertaining slice of life!" The Hollywood Reporter
"Two Thumbs Up!" Siskel & Ebert
Editor's Note
This all-star, all-too-familiar tale revolves around the Thanksgiving turkey that lures a young woman home every year to her typical American family only to be embarrassed all over again by her loony relatives.
Plot Summary
It's Thanksgiving, so you know what that means -- dinner with your family, for better or for worse. But Claudia Larson's woes begin right before she flies home: she loses her job, and her teenage daughter swears she will lose her virginity while Claudia is away. And when she arrives at her parents' home, things do not improve, thanks to Claudia's quirky family. This includes her meddling mom, an obnoxious gay brother, her unsmiling, resentful sister, and a very odd, flatulent aunt. The next two days will prove difficult for Claudia, but they will not be without moments of tenderness, caring and love.
| Features | French Subtitles | | Spanish Subtitles | | Widescreen Version, Enhanced For 16X9 TVs | | English 5.1 Surround Dolby Digital | | French Audio | | Spanish Audio |
| Technical Info
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Release Information
| | Studio: MGM |
| Release Date: 10/17/2006 |
| Running Time: 103 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 1995 | | Catalog ID: 1002359 | | UPC: 00027616865700 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English [CC], English, French Dubbed, Spanish Dubbed | | Available Subtitles: French, Spanish | | Video: Color |
| Cast & Crew
| Memorable Quotes| "I can see your roots, Claudia." ---- Adele Larson (ANNE BANCROFT) to her daughter, who has just come home to visit. | | "So why isn't some man from Japan giving you $63 million for one lousy picture?" ---- Adele Larson (ANNE BANCROFT) to her daughter, Claudia (HOLLY HUNTER). | | "Who are these people? Where did I even come from?" ---- Claudia Larson (HOLLY HUNTER), to herself, speaking about her family. |
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| | Professional Reviews | Sight and Sound
"...Wonderful performances....Refreshingly, this is a film which stretches the definition of family comedy..." 12/01/1996 p.47-8USA Today
"...The script slices under the skin of this bird, pricking the festering tension that surfaces at any clan gathering..." -- 3 out of 4 stars 11/03/1995 p.1D Variety
"...An affectionately drawn, multigenerational portrait of an eccentric family....[With] a saucy, shrewdly selected cast..." 10/30/1995 Chicago Sun-Times 8 of 10
What is just right about Home For The Holidays is that none of the characters act as if they are experiencing any of this for the first time... Foster directs the film with a sure eye for revealing little natural moments... Holly Hunter is a wonderful actress... - Roger Ebert
San Francisco Chronicle 7 of 10
...strikes such a perfect note that it's hard to at first realize what an impressive balancing act it is... Neigher caustic nor sentimental, it's a film that maybe half the people walking the earth have at one time considered writing... Until I saw this movie I thought only my family was like this... [it] will hit a lot of people where they live. - Mick LaSalle
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