Charlie Simms is a student at a private preparatory school who comes from a poor family. To earn the money for his flight home to Gresham, Oregon for Christmas, Charlie takes a job over Thanksgiving looking after retired U.S. Army officer Lieutenant Colonel Frank Slade, a cantankerous middle-aged man who lives with his niece and her family.
Editor's Verdict
"The movie's main action occurs over the Thanksgiving-to-early-December period, and while the stated motivation for Charlie working is to get home *for* Christmas, the actual core narrative (Frank Slade's breakdown and Charlie's defense of him) occurs before the holiday fully takes over the setting. Christmas elements are significant but serve more as an established backdrop and motivation rather than the central dramatic engine."
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