The Holdovers (2023)
7/10
Good performances and pleasant but derivative
26 January 2024
Warning: Spoilers
Three good performances and some stonking snowy scenery. Boston Common maybe? And the Ivy League has never looked more enticing.

Some great soundtrack music. I even think I caught a snatch of BLUE OYSTER CULT at the beginning.

A classic setting of a posh US boys school - providing all facilities except normal life. Fathers fly in on their own private helicopters yet.

BUT

So three unhappy misfits find themselves a team. Escaping to Boston they explore (shades of Ferris Bueller here) and get into trouble.

They all grow.

This is all fine and dandy but there's nothing new to see here, folks.

As a nice Anierican fairytale it's inoffensive but I'd like more edge.
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