Home for the Holidays

Pros: Funny, great acting, good cast, heartfelt, hilarious.

Cons: Slow at first but wait, it will get better. Sentimental, but good!

The Bottom Line: Holly Hunter, Dylan McDermott, Robert Downey Junior and Anne Bancroft carry this movie right till the end.

Review: Enter Claudia (Holly Hunter), a mom who just lost her job and has going back to her crazy family on the East coast to look forward to for Thanksgiving. Not to mention, her 16 year old daughter (Claire Danes) just admitted she is going to have sex,...

Pros: dysfunction at its best (or is that worst)

Cons: none

Review: Please, no, don't let it be that time of year already!
There are flurries in the air, the muzak in the mall has started playing Christmas carols, and my next door neighbor just finished stringing lights along his balcony. Obviously, it that...

Pros: You'll either love it...

Cons: ...or you'll hate it.

Review: I never watched "Thirty-Something" because I was too tired to come home and watch my day all over again. This movie should make me react the same way, but it doesn't, and I'm not entirely sure why I love it so much.

First off:...

Pros: Stellar performances by some of the most talented actors anywhere. Should have won some awards.

Cons: Brutally honest about love and life which can be frightening, especially coming from a comedy.

The Bottom Line: The perfect movie to watch and reflect on before venturing among hostile relatives (or even friendly ones).

Review: I originally watched this movie because Holly Hunter was starring and her movies tend to have depth ...

Pros: hilarious

Cons: not rated for children/has gay character

Review: It start out with Holly Hunter losing her job in a museum and everything goes down hill from there. This also stars Robert Downey and Dylan McDermmit and it is absolutely hilarious. We all have experienced that going home for the holidays syndrome. You...

Pros: outstanding cast; unpredictable story filled with emotion and humor

Cons: Baltimore or Boston? you may not like seeing yourself in the characters

The Bottom Line: Not a Hallmark movie.

Review: There are three kinds of people in the world: those who only enjoy journey’s end (or imagining it), those who only enjoy the journey, and those who have no preference, which could be a positive or negative thing. If you’re going to enjoy ...

Pros: All star cast, Exceptional character development, Uncomfortably familiar emotions

Cons: Humor is a little crass at times

The Bottom Line: Touching portrayal of the tradition of family holiday gatherings, told with humor and poignancy.

Review: Well, it's almost time for the Holidays! The one time of year that most of us look forward to, even though it painfully exposes the best and worst of all of us in the microcosm of our closest relationships.

Home For The Holidays is...

Pros: acting, dialogue, realistic, felt natural to interact with

Cons: not necessarily original in idea or construction

Review: Home For the Holidays is the second directorial treat from Academy Award winner (one that I actually agree with) Jodie Foster. Like Little Man Tate, her first venture behind the lens, HFtH also focuses on a specific family centered...

Pros: Holly Hunter; nice Dodge Charger muscle car

Cons: Annoying characters; overlapping dialog is unintelligible; Tommy needs a haircut; no captions

The Bottom Line: This was a lousy movie filled with loud, unpleasant, uninteresting people.

Review: I have a Netflix subscription, so one day while looking at the offerings I decided that Home for the Holidays sounded like a fun comedy. Starring several people that I like to watch in movies (Holly Hunter, Robert Downey Jr., Anne Bancroft and ...