# Home for the Holidays (1995)

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**Runtime**: 103 min
**Genres**: Comedy, Drama, Romance
**Directed by**: Jodie Foster
**Written by**: W.D. Richter, Chris Radant
**Starring**: Holly Hunter, Robert Downey Jr., Anne Bancroft, Charles Durning, Dylan McDermott, Geraldine Chaplin

> *On the fourth Thursday in November, 84 million American families will gather together... And wonder why.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

A dysfunctional family gathers for Thanksgiving, somehow missing everyone’s expectations. Claudia, recently dumped by both job and boss, endures the chaos with soggy casseroles. Like a holiday special written by a Scorsese fan, it settles for recognizing its own dysfunction without fixing it.

**Mood tags**: bittersweet, tender

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