Silent Night follows parents Nell (Keira Knightley) and Simon (Matthew Goode) who have invited their closest friends to join the family for Christmas Dinner at their idyllic home in the English countryside. As the group gathers, it feels like old times - but behind all the laughter and mirth, something isn't quite right. The outside world is facing impending doom, and no amount of gifts, games, or Prosecco can make humanity's imminent destruction go away. Surviving the holidays just got a lot more complicated.
Very interesting, a meeting of friends and family before the end of the world, nature rebelling against humanity, but the highlight is the lovely debate between the characters, especially between the dialogues involving Art, in his rebelliousness, intelligence and empathy and maturity... And the magnificently unexplained ending, interesting, could generate a post apocalyptic movie... And more lessons about the importance of environmental preservation for the maintenance of the human species... Wonderful...
Silent Night
2021
Action / Comedy / Crime / Drama / Horror / Mystery
Silent Night
2021
Action / Comedy / Crime / Drama / Horror / Mystery
Plot summary
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.
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December 10, 2021 at 10:20 AM
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Wonderful...
A pleasant yet bleak surprise
Actually not bad! I guess another victim of bad marketing because I think people went to see it with the absolutely wrong expectations. Its not your typical Christmas flick but rather a very, very dark comedy with many truly dramatic aspects.
And its funny how up to date it is in a certain way. Truly surprising that this was written and directed pre covid because in many ways it mirrors our current society.
The characters are 95% really unlikeable, especially at the beginning. Yes the beginning is weird, but it kind of makes sense. And dont read too much about it in advance, that will help.
Keira Knightley was good but she has been better. I really liked Matthew Goode here, he was not as stiff as usually. Lucy Punch was great as well.
But the most outstanding performance comes once again from "JoJo Rabbit"s Roman Griffin Davis. He was SO good. Quirky and bad mouthed but also very dramatic in a convincing way. Wouldn't be surprised if he makes my line up once again.
Good soundtrack, very good writing and a decent direction round this up to a pleasant surprise that really deserves a way better reception than it got.
DARK COMEDY.
Never has a film been so heartwarming, heartbreaking and horrifying. SILENT NIGHT is humanity at its very best in the face of its worst fears with laughter, tears and a poignant reminder of why life is worth living at all before we meet our inevidable ends.