Overview
- Winslet makes her feature directing debut with a screenplay by her son Joe Anders, informed by his experience of family loss.
- Hindustan Times awards three stars, The Indian Express gives two, and Newsday finds the film flat despite solid performances.
- Critics credit Winslet’s instinct for guiding actors and highlight naturalistic work from Helen Mirren, Toni Collette, Andrea Riseborough, Johnny Flynn and Timothy Spall.
- The film follows a terminally ill matriarch whose hospitalization in the days before Christmas draws her fractured family back together.
- Reviews frequently cite a familiar, sentimental script, muted visuals and tidy resolutions that lessen the overall impact.