Debaser: A Film Podcast

The Holdovers (2023)

• Episode 42

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As the holidays approach, Will & Jared get appropriately festive (and ornery?) with the recent Alexander Payne film The Holdovers! This 1970's cinema throwback stars Paul Giamatti as a grumpy boarding school teacher that's stuck supervising the several misfit holdovers at an all-boys school during Christmas break in New England. 

Do Paul Giamatti and the angriest schoolboy learn to get along? Did Will completely tune this movie out or was he receptive to a period-piece character study? Do the guys discuss Pacific Rim and Grand Theft Auto 6 for perhaps a bit too long? Listen to find out!

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