Comedy Drama
A curmudgeonly instructor at a New England prep school 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.
Directed by
Alexander Payne
Written by
David Hemingson
Paul Giamatti
Paul Hunham
Michael Provost
Jason Smith
Carrie Preston
Miss Lydia Crane
Tate Donovan
Stanley Clotfelter
Da'Vine Joy Randolph
Mary Lamb
Gillian Vigman
Judy Clotfelter
Brady Hepner
Teddy Kountze
Dominic Sessa
Angus Tully
Kelly AuCoin
Hugh Cavanaugh
Ben Rezendes
Naheem Garcia
Danny
Oscar Wahlberg
Pinball Player
Cole Tristan Murphy
Toothbrushing Student
Jim Kaplan
Ye-Joon Park
Andrew Garman
Dr. Hardy Woodrup
Bill Mootos
Mr. Endicott
Kevin Fennessy
Irritated Movie Patron
Rena Maliszewski
ER Nurse
Pamela Jayne Morgan
Waitress
Liz Bishop
Office Lady
Ian Lyons
Miss Crane's Boyfriend
Carter Shimp
Weed Buyer Harriman
Michael Malvesti
Christmas Tree Guy
Melissa McMeekin
Hooker
Dakota Lustick
Christmas Tree Helper
Dustin Tucker
Mr. Rosensweig
Darby Lee-Stack
Elise
David J. Curtis
Psychiatric Orderly
Ian Dolley
Alex Ollerman
Corey Hibbert
Jonathan von Mering
ER Doctor
Dan Aid
Vietnam Vet Kenneth
Colleen Clinton
Mrs. Cavanaugh
Stephen Thorne
Thomas Tully
Juanita Pearl
Mary's Sister Peggy
Alexander Cook
Priest / Bartender
Will Sussbauer
Cobb Salad Student
Osmani Rodriguez
Pharmacist
Mike Kaz
Hip Party Guest
Fred Robbins
Santa Claus
Davis Robinson
Maître d'hôtel
Joe Howell
Liquor Store Cashier
Greg Chopoorian
Jason Smith's Father
Kevin Daigneault
Barton Parent (uncredited)
Bhanu Gopal
Boston Streeter / Pedestrian (uncredited)
Quinn Stone
Student
Anastasia Tsikhanava
Alan Francis Sullivan
Kelly Kreiser

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