Home for the Holidays 1995

Janet Maslin, New York Times: Spirited but uneven. Read more

Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times: Foster and Richter, of course, want to do more than make audiences laugh; they want us to be touched by their characters' humanity and take an interest in a budding romance, but that rarely is the case. Read more

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James Berardinelli, ReelViews: Aside from a few effective, low-key scenes, the movie doesn't involve the viewer. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: The movie, which is about the Thanksgiving family reunion from hell, is not exactly a comedy and yet not a drama, either. Like many family reunions, it has a little of both elements, and the strong sense that madness is being held just out of sight. Read more

Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: Neither caustic nor sentimental, it's a film that maybe half the people on Earth have at one time considered writing. Read more

Time Out: A modest film (in every sense) which pushes the gags too hard. Read more

Emanuel Levy, Variety: Foster's second directorial effort is a vividly drawn if too episodic portrait of an eccentric family, well acted by the entire cast, especially Holly Hunter and Robery Downey Jr. Read more

Rita Kempley, Washington Post: With many of the conversations going on simultaneously, it's difficult -- sometimes even impossible -- to know who is saying what and to whom. Read more