The 2023 Oscar-winning Christmas movie with 97% on RT is streaming on Prime and deserves a spot on your annual watchlist

If there’s one movie holiday movie fans need to see in 2024, it’s this one The leftoverswhich is now available to stream on Amazon Prime Video. After Thanksgiving (or Halloween for some), it’s officially Christmas time. This means that streaming services have started adding festive films to their catalog, and some (like Netflix) are even releasing original Christmas films. As far as a company in particular is concerned, The leftovers is one of the various Christmas films coming to Amazon Prime Video’s library in 2024.

The leftovers premiered at the 50th Telluride Film Festival in Colorado in August 2023 before receiving a limited theatrical release beginning October 27, 2023. During its theatrical run, the film grossed just over $45 million against a budget of $13 million. The leftovers also received positive reviews from critics and audiences – its Tomatometer score Rotten tomatoes is 97 percent, while the popcorn meter reading at the time of writing this article is 92 percent. Just because of its overwhelming success The leftovers deserves a spot on any 2024 Christmas movie watchlist.

‘The Holdovers’ Now Streaming on Prime – Why It’s Worth Rewatching Every Holiday Season

The comedy-drama takes place during the Christmas holidays

Focus functions’ The leftovers The film stars Paul Giamatti as Paul Hunham, a teacher at an all-male boarding school in New England who provides oversight a group of students staying on campus during Christmas break in 1970. Da’Vine Joy Randolph joins Giamatti in the cast of the 2023 holiday comedy as Mary Lamb, the school cafeteria manager who is grieving the loss of her son. However, this description only touches the surface of what The leftovers that’s what it’s about. The film was praised for its balance of comedy and tragedy, the actors’ performances, beautiful storytelling and much more, making it the perfect film for the Christmas season.

Alexander Paynes The leftovers embodies all the qualities of a perfect Christmas film (at least for those who prefer sentimental holiday movies to Hallmark rom-coms). For many, the Christmas season is full of joy and melancholy, which is excellently portrayed in The leftovers. The characters in The Remnants Experience the many complex feelings that the holidays can bring, making the film very relatable. In addition, other classic Christmas themes such as family, finding and making connections and forgiveness can be found in The leftovers on Amazon Prime Video.

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The success of the Holdovers Awards explained

Da’Vine Joy Randolph won an Oscar for her performance

As mentioned above, The leftovers was a critical success and earned its place among other award-winning films released around the same time. The 2023 Christmas comedy was nominated for five Oscars — Best Film, Best Actor for Paul Giamatti, Best Supporting Actress for Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Best Original Screenplay and Best Editing. Randolph won in her category, which is impressive since she was competing against many other talented actresses. Randolph’s outstanding and unforgettable performance in The leftovers speaks for itself. Ultimately, The leftovers won 120 awards from 204 nominations, an excellent success rate.

“The Holdovers” is a comedy film starring Paul Giamatti as Paul Hunham, a professor at the preparatory academy who is hated by classmates and students alike. Stuck at the academy for the holidays with no family or friends to visit him, he finds himself in the company of a bright but troubled young student named Angus and the school’s head chef, Mary. Together, the three will create a makeshift family while bonding over the holiday season.

director

Alexander Payne

Release date

November 10, 2023

Studio(s)

MiraMax, Gran Via

Sales partner

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writer

David Hemingson

Pour

Paul Giamatti, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Dominic Sessa, Carrie Preston

Duration

133 minutes

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Source: Rotten tomatoes