Home for the Holidays
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: November 3, 1995 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
57
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
10
Negative:
0
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle
Home for the Holidays strikes such a perfect note that it's hard at first to realize what an impressive balancing act it is. Read full review
88
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Foster directs the film with a sure eye for the revealing little natural moment. Read full review
75
San Francisco ExaminerBarbara Shulgasser
Foster has whipped the actors into the sort of comic frenzy usually reserved for farce, and the ready-for-anything energy serves the material well. Read full review
75
TV Guide MagazineStaff(not credited)
From a sharp, jaundiced script by W.D. Richter ("Buckaroo Banzai"), Jodie Foster has directed a poisoned paean to the great American tradition of torturous family gatherings. Read full review
75
Rolling StonePeter Travers
Foster keeps the party hopping, although more dark humor would have helped before she winds it down with sentiment and bromides. Read full review
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