

27/10/2023
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.

Paul Giamatti
as Paul Hunham

Dominic Sessa
as Angus Tully

Da'Vine Joy Randolph
as Mary Lamb

Carrie Preston
as Miss Lydia Crane

Brady Hepner
as Teddy Kountze

Ian Dolley
as Alex Ollerman

Jim Kaplan
as Ye-Joon Park

Michael Provost
as Jason Smith

Andrew Garman
as Dr. Hardy Woodrup

Naheem Garcia
as Danny

Stephen Thorne
as Thomas Tully

Gillian Vigman
as Judy Clotfelter

Tate Donovan
as Stanley Clotfelter

Darby Lee-Stack
as Elise

Bill Mootos
as Mr. Endicott

Dustin Tucker
as Mr. Rosensweig

Juanita Pearl
as Mary's Sister Peggy

Alexander Cook
as Priest / Bartender

Liz Bishop
as Office Lady

Cole Tristan Murphy
as Toothbrushing Student

Will Sussbauer
as Cobb Salad Student

Carter Shimp
as Weed Buyer Harriman

Michael Malvesti
as Christmas Tree Guy

Dakota Lustick
as Christmas Tree Helper

Melissa McMeekin
as Hooker

Jonathan von Mering
as ER Doctor

Rena Maliszewski
as ER Nurse

Osmani Rodriguez
as Pharmacist

Oscar Wahlberg
as Pinball Player

Dan Aid
as Vietnam Vet Kenneth

Mike Kaz
as Hip Party Guest

Kelly AuCoin
as Hugh Cavanaugh

Colleen Clinton
as Mrs. Cavanaugh

Fred Robbins
as Santa Claus

David J. Curtis
as Psychiatric Orderly

Pamela Jayne Morgan
as Waitress

Davis Robinson
as Maître d'hôtel

Joe Howell
as Liquor Store Cashier

Peter Krasinski
as Choir Leader

Greg Chopoorian
as Jason Smith's Father

Ian Lyons
as Miss Crane's Boyfriend

Kevin Fennessy
as Irritated Movie Patron

Kevin Daigneault
as Barton Parent (uncredited)

Bhanu Gopal
as Boston Streeter / Pedestrian (uncredited)

Quinn Stone
as Student
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