How to watch The Holdovers in the UK
There's still one more festive treat awaiting UK film fans this year - even if you wouldn't expect it.
The Holdovers’ Da’Vine Joy Randolph has bagged the Oscar for Best Supporting Actress at this year’s Academy Awards, beating out Oppenheimer's Emily Blunt, The Color Purple's Danielle Brooks, Barbie's America Ferrera, and Nyad's Jodie Foster.
Randolph won for her portrayal of Mary Lamb in comedy-drama The Holdovers, a boarding school head cook who is grieving her son.
She stars alongside Paul Giamatti, who plays a curmudgeonly boarding school teacher charged with looking after the group of pupils who are forced to stay on campus over the Christmas break.
Given the level of acclaim – with some critics calling it a future Christmas classic – you might be wondering how you can watch it, and the good news for UK cinemagoers is that despite its Yuletide setting, it's not too late to catch it on the big screen.
Read on for everything you need to know about how to watch The Holdovers in the UK.
How to watch The Holdovers in the UK
The Holdovers is still available to watch in cinemas around the country.
Despite its festive setting, the film was given a mid-January release date in the UK.
You can also rent the Holdovers on Apple TV, YouTube and Amazon Prime.
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Will the Holdovers be coming to streaming in the UK?
If you live in the US, The Holdovers is already available to buy as a digital download and to stream on Peacock.
It's too early to say whether the film will make its way onto any of the subscription-based streaming services on this side of the Atlantic.
We'll keep this page updated as and when more news becomes available.
The Holdovers plot
If you're after some brief information about the film before you decide whether you'd like to see it in a cinema, you can find the official synopsis below:
"The Holdovers follows a curmudgeonly instructor at a prestigious American school who is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go.
"Eventually, he forms an unlikely bond with one of them – a damaged, brainy troublemaker – and with the school’s head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam."
The Holdovers trailer
Still not made your mind up? Perhaps the trailer below will convince you!
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Patrick Cremona is the Senior Film Writer at Radio Times, and looks after all the latest film releases both in cinemas and on streaming. He has been with the website since October 2019, and in that time has interviewed a host of big name stars and reviewed a diverse range of movies.
