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