Blu-ray, DVD, Digital Release: The Hollars

Digital Release Date: Dec. 6, 2016, Blu-ray & DVD Release Date: Dec. 6, 2016
Price: DVD $12.96, Blu-ray $22.74
Studio: Sony


The Hollars is an ensemble family comedy-drama directed by comic actor/filmmaker John Krasinski (Aloha).

John Krasinski and Margo Martindale in the Hollars.

John Krasinski and Margo Martindale in the Hollars.

A struggling NYC artist, John Krasinski, is forced to return to the small middle-American town he left behind after learning about his mother’s (Margo Martindale, TV’s Justified) illness. Back in the house he grew up in, John is immediately swept up in the problems of his dysfunctional family, high school rival, and an over-eager ex-girlfriend as he faces impending fatherhood with his NYC girlfriend (Anna Kendrick, The Last Five Years).

Written by Jim Strouse, the PG-13 movie’s cast also includes Sharlto Copley (Chappie), Charlie Day (Pacific Rim) and Richard Jenkins (Let Me In).

The film was not received all that well by the critics upon its limited theatrical release in September, 2016, garnering a 43% favorable rating at Rotten Tomatoes based on 81 published reviews.

Bonus materials on the Blu-ray, DVD & digital versions of The Hollars include commentary with John Krasinski and Margo Martindale and three behind-the-scenes featurettes (one of which is a Q&A filmed at the LA Film Festival).

Buy or Rent The Hollars
Amazon graphicDVD | Blu-ray| Instant Video Movies Unlimited graphic Netflix graphic

About Laurence

Founder and editor Laurence Lerman saw Alfred Hitchcock’s North by Northwest when he was 13 years old and that’s all it took. He has been writing about film and video for more than a quarter of a century for magazines, anthologies, websites and most recently, Video Business magazine, where he served as the Reviews Editor for 15 years.