Overview
- The film began streaming on Netflix on December 24 following a limited UK and US theatrical run that started December 12.
- Screenwriter Joe Anders, Winslet’s son, wrote the script as coursework at Britain’s National Film and Television School, drawing on the family’s experience of loss.
- Helen Mirren leads the ensemble as the ailing matriarch, joined by Kate Winslet, Toni Collette, Andrea Riseborough, Johnny Flynn and Timothy Spall.
- Mirren took the role after previously ruling out playing characters who are dying or have dementia, crediting the screenplay for changing her mind.
- Winslet fostered an intimate production by using small on-actor microphones and promoting emerging department heads, as critics praise performances but find the writing and first-time direction uneven.