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Evening Standard
  • 10/12/2023
The Holdovers Trailer
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00:00 You just earned yourself a detention, sir.
00:01 Even you is already one big detention.
00:04 Son of a --
00:04 Sir, I don't understand.
00:12 That's glaringly apparent.
00:13 I can't fail this class.
00:15 Oh, don't sell yourself short, Mr. Coates. I truly believe that you can.
00:18 Every year at Barton Academy, students, faculty and staff depart the campus for a two-week winter break.
00:27 But there are always an unfortunate few who have nowhere to go for the holidays.
00:32 They're known as the holdovers.
00:34 Mr. Hundum.
00:35 Hello, Mary.
00:36 I heard you got stuck with babysitting duty this year. How'd you manage that?
00:40 You know, he used to be a student, right?
00:41 Yeah, that's why he knows how to inflict maximum pain on them.
00:44 I thought all the Nazis were hiding in Argentina.
00:48 Stifle it, Tully.
00:49 You just earned yourself a detention, sir.
00:53 Even you is already one big detention.
00:55 Son of a bitch! That's another detention!
00:58 Do you think I want to be babysitting you?
01:00 No, I was praying your mother would pick up the phone or your father would arrive in a helicopter or a flying saucer.
01:05 My father's dead.
01:07 You don't tell a boy that's been left behind at Christmas that nobody wants him?
01:15 What's wrong with you?
01:16 There's nobody here, okay?
01:18 You stay out of my way and I'll stay out of yours.
01:25 Now, most of the kids dislike you, pretty much hate you.
01:27 Teachers, too.
01:28 You know that, right?
01:29 I find the world a bitter and complicated place, and it seems to feel the same way about me.
01:35 I think you and I have this in common.
01:37 I don't think I've ever had a real family Christmas like this before.
01:41 Thank you, Mary.
01:43 You're welcome.
01:44 History is not simply the study of the past, it is an explanation of the present.
01:49 See, when you say it that way and throw in some pornography, it's a lot easier to understand.
01:53 ♪ No matter what you are ♪
01:56 I'd like to propose a toast to my two unlikely companions.
02:01 Andy!
02:03 Are you trying to lick down my shirt?
02:05 No.
02:07 Yes.
02:09 You're gonna get me fired.
02:10 This is your Rubicon.
02:13 Do not cross the Rubicon.
02:15 "The Holdovers."
02:20 Ouch! Jesus!
02:22 Let's turn on a--
02:23 ♪ Oh, yeah ♪
02:25 [Music]