Silent Night

Name: Silent Night
Genre: Science Fiction, Horror, Comedy
Released: 2021-12-03
Duration: 92 min
Rating: 3.5
Cast: Davida McKenzie, Dora Davis, Matthew Goode, Hardy Griffin Davis, Trudie Styler

Surviving Christmas just got a little harder.

Rating

3.5 (1)

Release Date

12/3/2021

Runtime

92 mins

Genres

Science Fiction Horror Comedy

Overview

Nell, Simon, and their boy Art are ready to welcome friends and family for what promises to be a perfect Christmas gathering. Perfect except for one thing: everyone is going to die.

Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

Revenue

$438,825

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How It Feels

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A family gathers for Christmas dinner unaware that an unthinkable event will soon render death inevitable, turning the holiday into a galvanized countdown told with pitch-black humor. It's a film about how we face the unfaceable, wrapped in the absurdity of maintaining traditions when nothing matters anymore.

Mood

AbsurdBleakPlayfulMournful

Themes

MortalityFamilyComing apart

Pacing

Steady

Look

Naturalistic

Structure

Single location

Heads up

Suicide and self-harm

Keira Knightley

Nell

Matthew Goode

Simon

Roman Griffin Davis

Art

Annabelle Wallis

Sandra

Lily-Rose Depp

Sophie

Lucy Punch

Bella

Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù

James

Kirby Howell-Baptiste

Alex

Rufus Jones

Tony

Davida McKenzie

Kitty

Hardy Griffin Davis

Hardy

Gilby Griffin Davis

Thomas

Reviews

stormaciousd

Dec 5, 2024

This might be the most depressing Christmas movie I've ever seen. I liked it though.
I crowd-sourced holiday horror movies on Bluesky, and this was one of the recommendations. I watched it first because of Keira Knightley, and then I was excited to see Roman Griffin Davis because I love Jojo Rabbit. I didn't read the plot summary, so once they were all together in the house, I fully expected it to be a holiday home invasion. It's not! The killer is climate change! (Not a spoiler, you learn it in the first few minutes.)
Despite being VERY bleak, there are some funny moments peppered in. Lucy Punch is one of those actors that makes everything a little funnier just with her expressions, and Keira Knightley has a lot of dark humor undertones to her performance. Roman Griffin Davis is definitely the high point though as a kid trying to deal with the events head-on.
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