_Season’s Greetings_
Holiday film reflects ‘real’ families
It's that time of the year when
the blues show up and so do
the relatives
The film Home for the Holi
days. a Paramount/Egg Produc
tion is showing in theaters all
over the nation, and at least until
the Thanksgiving holiday is Over
I think the film is a true reflec
tton of the not-so-typical Amort
can family Co-producer Peggy
Rajskt and CO producer/direc
tor/actor Jody Foster presents a
pleasant took at what sometimes
is not a pleasant event, the annu
a! Thanksgiving get together.
The movie is supported by
classical American rock music,
one oI which is the opening song
"You've Got to Change Your Evil
Ways" originally performed by
Santana.
In other words, it is a good lilm
that I would recommend seeing,
and students get a discount at
Act III Theaters, so take your
families and friends.
Avy Kaulman. the? casting
director, puts together a terrific
line-up and Foster brings some
depth into her character both
through directing and acting with,
Robert Downy Jr as her brother
CINEMA REVIEW
Home for ihe Holidays
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Tommy, Arm Bancroft as her
mother and a whole host of other
talents including Steve Guten
berg
The show is a sweet and sour
experience Some of the titled
novel style chapters of the
movie's sequence are more real
istic at times than the audience
can handle But at the same time,
the very same scene, which dis
pleases the audience with its
star* reality, eases the audience
with its severe endearment as
well
The movie balances itself .with
the two extremes well enough to
still create an ideal work of fiction
The extremes are seen in the din -
ner scene in which Foster and
Downy Jr., who prove their sibling
closeness and let it all hang out
■ dusmg the audiem e to almost
taste the humor on screen
An overweight lather, a wtg
wearing mother, a starving artist,
a gay only-son. that son's Straight
Inend, a daughter's yuppie family
and a depraved, over horitcul
lured and /any aunt create con
stant familial pratfalls throughout
the movie
Although this movie's strong
point is its humor from the con
frontations of the culturally
diverse family, the romance gives
it that warm holiday I eel mg as
well The feelings run deep both
lor the good times and the bad.
and the cast does a (me job in
realizing <t for a believable sense
ol relation
Not only does the movie play
to the lives' ol white middle-class
family members, but I think it
also appeals to a wide range ol
social stratum® by addressing the
problems and remedies that all
people experience with their lam
ily or loved ones
This movie is definitely not It's
a Wonderful Life, and it certainly
is not the classic A Christmas
Carol, even so. Home for the Hol
idays should make anyone's stay
with their relatives over the holi
days a pleasant one
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