Overview
- Set at Christmastime, the drama follows an English family as they confront their matriarch’s terminal illness, with Helen Mirren in the title role.
- Joe Anders, Winslet’s 21-year-old son, wrote the screenplay after beginning it as a film school assignment inspired by a family loss.
- The ensemble features Toni Collette, Andrea Riseborough, Johnny Flynn and Timothy Spall, with Fisayo Akinade portraying a compassionate nurse.
- A Marin Independent Journal review praises the performances, especially Mirren, but deems the film emotionally restrained and rates it 2.5 out of 4.
- The film runs 1 hour 54 minutes, carries an R rating for language, and follows a brief cinema release with its Netflix debut.