I loved this movie in the late 90s when I first saw it. But in his review, he really never says why he liked the film so much. On November 3, 1995, master film critic Roger Ebert gives this film three and a half stars. The latter, fraught with the realizations that have come out of this family reunion, even border on the depressing.” Richter, have given this film some peculiar mood swings, so that it starts out zanily and winds down to a wistful note. “With enough wisdom, this could be funny and poignant with too much nuttiness, it’s “National Lampoon’s Thanksgiving.” The spirited but uneven “Home for the Holidays” winds up somewhere in between. New York Times film critic Janet Maslin said in a Novemreview: It doesn’t fare any better on with a 63 percent on the Tomatometer and only 72 percent audience approval. I loved this movie when I first saw it almost a quarter of a century ago.
