A curmudgeonly instructor, a troubled student, and a grieving cook find heartwarming connection during a snowy Christmas break.
Melancholy and intimate, with dry wit. A date-night pick at a measured pace. Emotionally it is heavy.
Streaming on Peacock and Fandango at Home (free).
What we could confirm fits an R: no real violence and some strong language.
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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.
Bittersweet. It earns its ending, but not everyone gets what they want.
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