Nobody likes teacher Paul Hunham (Giamatti) — not his students, not his fellow faculty, not the headmaster, who all find his pomposity and rigidity exasperating. With no family and nowhere to go over Christmas holiday in 1970, Paul remains at school to supervise students unable to journey home.
5 Academy Award Nominations: Best Picture Best Actor, Paul Giamatti Best Original Screenplay, David Hemingson Best Editing, Kevin Tent Best Supporting Actress, Da’Vine Joy Randolph