The Holdovers | 2023 Movies RANKED - Episode 49

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Follow along as RANKED reviews a new movie release every week of 2023, slowly compiling the best films of the year into our sacred hierarchical list.

Previous Episode 2023 RANKED List:
1. Oppenheimer
2. Killers of the Flower Moon
3. Beau Is Afraid
4. Infinity Pool
5. Talk to Me
6. Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
7. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem
8. Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One
9. John Wick: Chapter 4
10. Tetris
11. Gran Turismo
12. Air
13. Creed III
14. Sound of Freedom
15. A Haunting In Venice
16. The Creator
17. The Flash
18. Fast X
19. Asteroid City
20. Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
21. Shazam! Fury of the Gods
22. Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
23. M3GAN
24. missing
25. The Machine
26. Barbie
27. Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
28. The Exorcist: Believer
29. Scream VI
30. The Super Mario Bros. Movie
31. Dumb Money
32. Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
33. Renfield
34. The Equalizer 3
35. Blue Beetle
36. Evil Dead Rise
37. The Pope’s Exorcist
38. Magic Mike’s Last Dance
39. Transformers: Rise of the Beasts
40. Knock at the Cabin
41. Insidious: The Red Door
42. Five Nights at Freddy’s
43. The Nun II
44. The Last Voyage of the Demeter
45. Plane
46. Haunted Mansion
47. Cocaine Bear
48. Knights of the Zodiac

The Holdovers is what they call an “instant classic.” It’s what people are talking about when they say “they don’t make ‘em like they used to.” It’s one of those snapshot of life, full range of emotion type of movies that keeps you hooked from beginning to end because the story flows as naturally as a stream as opposed to the artificial canal of formulaic story structure. It’s nostalgic without being forceful. It’s hilarious in a subtle, very down-to-earth way. And it’s never more melancholic or dramatic than it needs to be.

It’s everything that Wes Anderson movies used to be, before he left reality for his quirkily filmed stage-plays. Instead, this movie reads like a classic American novel, with a limited cast and setting and by the end you fully understand (and therefore love) each character because they ARE real people trapped in the tragic shortcomings of real life where the losers lose while watching the winners win and making the best of it regardless.

Therefore it’s not triumphant. It’s not even particularly heartfelt or inspiring. Hardly anything changes from beginning to end, other than a greater understanding and connection between a small group of disparate people. And to that end, it is beautiful.

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