The Hollars

The Hollars (2016) is an American comedy-drama you can watch online on iFILM. John Krasinski directed and stars alongside Richard Jenkins, Margot Martindale, Anna Kendrick, and Charlie Day.

John Hollar has been trying to make it as an artist in New York — without much luck. When his mother is diagnosed with a brain tumor and surgery is scheduled, he drives back to the small Midwestern town he once fled, girlfriend Rebecca eight months pregnant in the passenger seat. His dad is barely keeping the family business alive. His brother hasn't moved past high school grudges. And his mother, played by Margot Martindale with a sharp, stubborn warmth, treats her hospital room like a social occasion.

Krasinski made a quietly funny film about what a family crisis forces to the surface — old resentments, unspoken love, and the particular awkwardness of coming home as the person who left. Stream The Hollars (2016) online on iFILM.