The Holdovers is a character-first movie that embodies the best, most ambitious spirit of mainstream American entertainment
“They don’t make ‘em like they used to” is not only the maxim of the marketing campaign behind Alexander Payne’s new dramedy– it’s a philosophy built into the film itself. Or at least its first 10 minutes, with the movie’s opening credits and initial scenes deliberately recalling the time-worn studio dramas of the early 1970s, complete with a faux-retro Focus Features logo and frequent scratches across the grainy 35mm film stock.
an inability to process the bodily chemical trimethylamine – he just straddles the line between ripe victim and ornery underdog. It is difficult to think of any other performer than Giamatti pushing the character to the sympathetic side of that ledger.
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