A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually, he forms an unlikely bond with one of them — a damaged, brainy troublemaker — and with the school’s head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam.
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Comedy with no ambitions to be more — and that's honest. It gets laughs not through subtlety but through recognition. The director knows their audience and delivers.
A well-executed light comedy is its own skill. They managed it here. Not brilliant, but honest and good-natured.
Good for watching with friends or family. Solo viewing works too, just less.
Director: Alexander Payne
— MovieFinder Editorial
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Best Watched: Friday with friends or family — exactly the evenings this was made for. With food and chatter.
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