Overview
- Goodbye June begins streaming on Netflix on Dec. 24 after a limited UK theatrical run that started on Dec. 12.
- Winslet directed, produced and stars in the film, though she says she tried to recast her role before Netflix and her cast encouraged her to remain.
- Written by Joe Anders, the ensemble features Helen Mirren, Toni Collette, Andrea Riseborough, Johnny Flynn and Timothy Spall.
- Winslet has said the story drew on the loss of her mother and that making the film took a personal toll.
- During new interviews, she recounted being told as a teen to settle for “fat girl parts,” described intrusive paparazzi attention after Titanic including alleged phone tapping, and noted gendered remarks she received as a first-time director; The Independent gave the film two stars.