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A Balasaur Score of 83 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes 97%, Metacritic 82/100. Scores higher than 93% of the 6,870 2020s drama movies in this catalog. Streaming on Peacock.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes97%
Metacritic82/100
2,670 audience votes
Key crew
- Alexander PayneDirector
- David HemingsonWriter
- Mark OrtonOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Paul GiamattiPaul Hunham
- Dominic SessaAngus Tully
- Da'Vine Joy RandolphMary Lamb
- Carrie PrestonMiss Lydia Crane
- Brady HepnerTeddy Kountze
- Ian DolleyAlex Ollerman
- Jim KaplanYe-Joon Park
- Michael ProvostJason Smith
- Andrew GarmanDr. Hardy Woodrup
- Naheem GarciaDanny
- Stephen ThorneThomas Tully
- Gillian VigmanJudy Clotfelter
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Themes
vietnam warwinterboarding schoolholidayboston, massachusetts1970smelancholyalcoholismgriefmisfitmental illnessteacher student relationship
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