Home for the Holidays

Obligation and blood ties take Claudia Larson home every Thanksgiving to visit her family in Baltimore. A dutiful daughter always goes home for the holidays, even if she can't convince her own 15-year-old offspring to follow. Giving thanks looks like a tall order this year, in light of the downward spiral Claudia's life is taking these days. In the span of 36 hours, she manages to lose her job, her head, her coat, and her cool, even her daughter's virginity appears to be on a collision course with a teenage boy. What Claudia doesn't expect to lose this Thanksgiving is the sense of dread and loathing... of wanting to be anywhere but home with the family. Home For The Holidays is a human comedy that honors the timeless holiday tradition of family gatherings and reminds you why you left home.

Release Date: 2000-10-03, Rating PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested),

Release Date: 2001-09-04, Rating PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested),

Director Jodie Foster dishes up a heaping helping of holiday hilarity (NBC-TV) with this laugh-out-loud comedy from screenwriter W.D. Richter about family, food and finding acceptance with the people you love. Home for the Holidays is a wickedly funny film that s so true it hurts (Entertainment Today)!In a span of 36 hours, Claudia Larson (Hunter) has managed to lose her job, make out with her boss and learn that her daughter (Danes) is planning to go all the way. But Claudia s fortunes actually take a turn for the worse when she flies home to endure an even more grueling trial: the family Thanksgiving! Beset by a neurotic mother (Bancroft), kooky father (Durning), eccentric brother (Downey, Jr.) and compulsively normal sister (Stevenson), Claudia struggles to maintain her calm. But as sparks fly, tempers flare and turkeys go airborne, Claudia manages to recapture the zaniness of her childhood and discover that the most important things in life are the memories she shares with family and for that, she can onl

DVDs. Home for the Holidays

Release Date: 2000-10-03, Rating PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested),

This all-star all-too-familiar tale revolves around the Thanksgiving turkey that lures a young woman home every year to her typical American family only to be embarrassed all over again by her loony relatives.

Comedy Drama DVD - It's been said that while most people love their families, they don't always like them very much, and that emotional dividing line is the heart of this comedy directed by Jodie Foster. Claudia Larson (Holly Hunter) usually approaches family reunions with a certain trepidation, but as she prepares to fly from her home in Chicago to her parent's place in Baltimore for Thanksgiving, she is more apprehensive than usual. Claudia has just lost her job, she's not feeling at all well, and her teenage daughter, Kitt (Claire Danes), who is staying behind, informs Claudia on the way to the airport that she plans to use the weekend to lose her virginity with her boyfriend. The family festivities are already under way when Claudia arrives at the home of her mother, Adele (Anne Bancroft), and father, Henry (Charles Durning). Claudia's brother, Tommy (Robert Downey Jr.), whose homosexuality is tolerated without being discussed on a practical basis, has brought along his new friend Leo Fish (Dylan McDermot