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• Drama
• Romance

• 2025
• Kate Winslet
• 114 mins
• 15

Summary

Adult siblings Connor, Helen, Julia and Molly are estranged, pursuing different paths through life. When their vivacious mother June faces a devastating health crisis, the children reunite at her hospital bedside and support their beleaguered father, Bernie

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A star rating of 3 out of 5.

Patrick Cremona

Kate Winslet makes her directorial debut with this tearjerking Yuletide-set drama, scripted by her son Joe Anders at just 19 years old. The film tells the story of four siblings (Winslet, Andrea Riseborough, Toni Collette and Johnny Flynn) who are forced to work through their differences when their terminally ill mother (Helen Mirren) takes a turn for the worse and seems unlikely to make it to Christmas. With a laboured opening act and a tendency to lean too far into schmaltz, there are times where the screenplay feels clearly like the work of a novice, but there are also some genuinely moving touches that show an emotional maturity to Anders's work. The complicated family dynamics are well observed, even if this lacks the depth of Azazel Jacobs's His Three Daughters, an earlier Netflix-released film about warring siblings thrust together to care for a dying parent. Still, the idea of juggling impending grief with the unavoidable jollity of the festive season will no doubt resonate with a lot of viewers.

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6.7/10

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Cast

rolenameJuneHelen MirrenBernieTimothy SpallConnorJohnny FlynnAlfieJames Trevelyan BuckleEllaFlora Jacoby RichardsonJuliaKate WinsletBenjiBenjamin ShortlandMollyAndrea RiseboroughTibaltElias WhittakerBillyDexter Saville

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rolenameDirectorKate WinsletWriterJoe AndersProducerKate SolomonProducerKate WinsletComposerBen HarlanDirector of photographyAlwin H. KüchlerEditorLucia ZucchettiCastingOlivia GrantProduction designerAlison Harvey

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Theatrical distributor

Netflix

Released on

2025-12-12

Languages

English

Guidance

Swearing, sexual references

Formats

Colour

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