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Why Everyone Needs to Go See ‘The Holdovers’

S.A.D. SEASON

The new film, starring Paul Giamatti, is wonderful—funny, poignant, relatable—but its biggest strength is how accurately it nails the warm, yet moody melancholia of the holiday.

Kevin Fallon

Senior Editor, Obsessed

Published Nov. 3 2023 4:43AM EDT

A photo illustration Dominic Sessa and Paul Giamatt in The Holdovers. — Photo Illustration by Thomas Levinson/The Daily Beast/Focus Features

Kevin Fallon

Kevin Fallon

Senior Editor, Obsessed

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