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
Carrie Preston
Miss Lydia Crane
Michael Provost
Jason Smith
Dominic Sessa
Angus Tully
Da'Vine Joy Randolph
Mary Lamb
Tate Donovan
Stanley Clotfelter
Carter Shimp
Weed Buyer Harriman
Gillian Vigman
Judy Clotfelter
Brady Hepner
Teddy Kountze
Bill Mootos
Mr. Endicott
Kelly AuCoin
Hugh Cavanaugh
Melissa McMeekin
Hooker
Stephen Thorne
Thomas Tully
Oscar Wahlberg
Pinball Player
Darby Lee-Stack
Elise
Andrew Garman
Dr. Hardy Woodrup
Jim Kaplan
Ye-Joon Park
Naheem Garcia
Danny
Jonathan von Mering
ER Doctor
Cole Tristan Murphy
Toothbrushing Student
Ian Dolley
Alex Ollerman
Colleen Clinton
Mrs. Cavanaugh
Dakota Lustick
Christmas Tree Helper
Ian Lyons
Miss Crane's Boyfriend
Kevin Fennessy
Irritated Movie Patron
Rena Maliszewski
ER Nurse
David J. Curtis
Psychiatric Orderly
Pamela Jayne Morgan
Waitress
Corey Hibbert
Dan Aid
Vietnam Vet Kenneth
Michael Malvesti
Christmas Tree Guy
Ben Rezendes
Liz Bishop
Office Lady
Dustin Tucker
Mr. Rosensweig
Juanita Pearl
Mary's Sister Peggy
Bhanu Gopal
Boston Streeter / Pedestrian (uncredited)
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)
Quinn Stone
Student
Lily Steven
Kristy (uncredited)
Anastasia Tsikhanava
Alan Francis Sullivan
Kelly Kreiser

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