Home For The Holidays, which follows Claudia (Holly Hunter), a down-on-her-luck single mom who returns home for Thanksgiving to her increasingly dysfunctional family.
Among them is Tommy (Robert Downey Jr.), an openly gay man with a secret—he got married without telling anyone! Home For The Holidays, is a biting but ultimately sweet look at a dysfunctional but loving family that learns to deal with its problems, if only for a short time.
Compared to the countless Christmastime classics, a film set on and around Turkey Day already feels unique—and considering this one thoughtfully and sensitively touches on LGBTQ+ characters and themes, that makes it even more of a rare bird.With the holiday season in full swing, click through for 20 fascinating facts about Home For The Holidays…View Full PostThe story can be found in Radant’s 1995 book Home For The Holidays And Other Calamities.View Full PostRichter’s other screenplays include Invasion Of The Body Snatchers, The Adventures Of Buckaroo Banzai, Across The 8th Dimension, and Big Trouble In Little China.View Full PostDanes is one of the female leads in the 2005 Christmas movie, a funny tearjerker that tells the story of a dysfunctional but loving family reuniting for the holidays.
Sound familiar?View Full PostHottie McDermott may play straight in Home For The Holidays, but he’s done some great work in various queer-inclusive series, including Murphy’s Netflix series Hollywood, where he plays a fictionalized version of Scottie Bowers, the bisexual purported pimp to the stars.