I wish I'd listened to this before I settled the family down to watch Silent Night on Christmas Eve! I did mostly enjoy it but I was depressed for a good 24 hours afterwards. The little boy was perfect casting and I gasped out loud at the ending.
I personally really enjoyed it, and I thought the opening was in-character, because they thought they'd be able to handle it and rationalized it as "going out on a high" with a nice Christmas meal and party with the family, but then as the reality slowly starts to creep in, they realise that death will always be horrible, and the façade drops.
I found it interesting. These rich middle/upper class folk kill themselves than rather face the end. I wonder what a poor family in Croydon would do? I would laugh if the end of the world never came and the only people who survived were the poor/lower middle class people and all because they faced the hardships of the world and this strengthened them.
I wouldn't assume that. Art's and whomever survived suffering may just be beginning... Convulsing and hemorrhaging blood like that can't mean anything good in the long run.
honestly how mark become a known film critic when he doesn't even understand or analyses the films properly. He says the film has caricature characters. Some of them are caricature, true, but not all. The film's running time is 90 minutes, there are 12 characters and we watch their last 12 hours in one single location. You don't really expect from the film do some psycho analyses of each character with great depth in this premises right?? As the film progresses the story focuses on Art, Sophie and James and the dilemma they have. The film is asking you " what would you do if you were in this situation ?". Mark climes, only really characterr is Keira's character. Disagree with that as well. Lilly- Rose Depp, Roman Griffin Davis and Sope Dirisu were good and their characters were also relatable.
Was it perfect,, no, but I personally think the review was a harsh. I'd maybe give it a 3.5/5 and i would watch it again. A good cast , an intrusting idea and some good comedic moments as well as the horror of what's to come. I enjoyed watching it. I think the slight caricatures and the simultaneous comic and horror tone was on purpose
I hated Silent Night. I also hated Love Actually. Coincidentally I watched them back to back. Silent Night wasn’t funny enough, wasn’t heartwarming enough when it could have been, wasn’t dramatic enough.. it had a good premise but it was executed poorly. It worked as being a depressing film. That’s about it. I don’t want to ruin it for anyone, but I really hated the ending.
I enjoyed it and I didn’t find it depressing at all. In fact it was funny in a sarcastic kind of way. And I really liked the young actor who played Art (he was in Jojo Rabbit to and I love Jojo Rabbit unlike Mark). I like dark humor in general.
@@idyllbs yeah, me too. I love black comedy, all of the actors (especially Matthew Goode) and the young lad, but this just didn’t hit the mark for me. The thing with comedy is, it’s supposed to make you laugh, and I didn’t even smile I don’t think. It’s a shame, it was the last film of the year I was looking forward to.
@@terenceflynn5125 comedy makes laugh but dark comedy doesn't necessarily make you lagh. and of course the film is very dramatic. nothing can be more dramatic than parents popping poisonous pills in their children's mouth. it keeps asking you what would you do in this situation. The film is certainly not about being funny but it is about the dilemma we have in our lives.
I agree with you 100%. The concept was intriguing but the execution was dreadful. The characters were poorly developed (some even stereotypical), the drama scenes were either too subtle or too extreme, the "comedy" was horrendous and the social commentary was insulting. It did manage to remind me of a film that did exactly what this film was trying to accomplish. That film being "Carnage" a dark comedy/drama about two couples trying to resolve the trivial conflict of their sons. It is also, mostly, filmed in one room, though it balances comedy and drama excellently. I'd recommend it to anyone who is interested in a somewhat similar film more nuanced than "Silent Night."
I've seen a few films with awful people and my problem is always the same, why would anyone want to spend time with these people, and because of that I don't give the film an objective shot...
I want to see this but the UK seems to have seriously dropped the ball on streaming releases unlike the US. There’s one cinema thirty minutes away showing this once a day at a silly time..
I think the big cinemas chains refuse to screen films that have a simultaneous or near-simultaneous theatrical and streaming release. The distributors have to rely on smaller independent cinemas like Picturehouse, Everyman, and Curzon.
@@anthonyweston630 Exactly I'm sure almost everyone has films they like that are messy or objectively flawed, but if they get you to buy in with the narrative or the characters they can be just as enjoyable. The only people who are ever "wrong" about films are the people who think you can be wrong about liking or disliking a film. It's the same gate-keeping type shit with Music too "I don't like this, so it's bad".
Came back to this older video, and hearing at the top that Mark loves the movie "Love Actually" is such a disappointment that I literally can't take any recommendation of his seriously anymore. It's the more irredeemably awful film ever made. Every person involved in its production should be serving time and issue personalized apologies to every person who had to sit through it, it's just that bad.
Keira Knightly is the most popular actress in Britain, yet her new Christmas movie is impossibly hard to find. Can’t find any cinemas showing Silent Night, they’re not on the two main streaming platforms and I don’t use illegal methods to watch content. How have most people seen this movie..?
In the grand scheme of things it's not a terrible movie, but the moments of comedy that crop up after the turning point towards the darker themes are very jarring and out of place. In general though, the comedy elements kinda fell flat, there's some genuinely bleak moments, but a lot of missed opportunities. On another note, why is this film so hard to get to watch in the UK? Cinema screenings are sparse and it seems from Mon 6th that Apple's platform will be the only streaming option... bizarre.
This movie had so much potential, but it's awful. The dialog, the child actors, the pacing, the logic of the story...it also ends up being an anti vaxx film lmao. I'm assuming that's a product of bad writing?
I just watched it. Couldn't agree more with St Kermode (and Mayo for that matter). It's one thing having to sit through insufferable Poshos that I can barely stand watching/listening to. It's another thing to go through all of that AND not believe in their characters or back stories whatsoever. And the last shot of this film almost tricked me into thinking it was quite a deft, jet black ending that works, only, given from what we'd seen previously and knowing the effects of the cloud....just NO. 👎
Yeah, I could only give this film half an hour (if that) of my time. Total sh*t. The kids constant swearing was also sickening and unnecessary no matter how you spin it. Wikipedia then told me how everything turned out (plot-wise) therefore, I didn't miss a thing 😂😂. In the bin it goes with both Bad Hair and Upgrade 🙄
Absolutley dreadful. Terrible writing, utterly vile and barely believable characters, awful child actors (probably related to the cast), tonnes of gratuitous swearing and silly songs (presumably as polyfiller for the shit script) and about as darkly funny as covid. Avoid like the deadly virus in the film itself.
I didn't mind the swearing and it added to the feel, but I do agree at times it was a bit too much, but I think that's the effect they were going for. I thought the children, especially Roman the main child character were good actors, (The boys were related to the director (art and the twins) and i think the girl was the sister Thomasin McKenzie from jojo rabbit which Roman was the main character in). I enjoyed it overall and would watch again, but I won't bore you with a longer review. .I'd maybe give it 3.5/5 stars
Christmas Slay & Michael Buble Christmas jumpers😂 i might be in a minority, but i didn't like "Love Actually" "Gremlins" on the other hand, how can anyone dislike Gizmo?
3:53 very rude of Simon to interrupt Mark by unthreading the fabric of space and time.
brilliant
I wish I'd listened to this before I settled the family down to watch Silent Night on Christmas Eve! I did mostly enjoy it but I was depressed for a good 24 hours afterwards. The little boy was perfect casting and I gasped out loud at the ending.
I personally really enjoyed it, and I thought the opening was in-character, because they thought they'd be able to handle it and rationalized it as "going out on a high" with a nice Christmas meal and party with the family, but then as the reality slowly starts to creep in, they realise that death will always be horrible, and the façade drops.
Yes yes yes mate.Thats what what I got from it too. I really enjoyed it.
I really enjoyed it as well. It’s different.
It really improves on the second viewing,I don’t normally disagree with kermode but he’s wrong on this one.
I found it interesting. These rich middle/upper class folk kill themselves than rather face the end. I wonder what a poor family in Croydon would do?
I would laugh if the end of the world never came and the only people who survived were the poor/lower middle class people and all because they faced the hardships of the world and this strengthened them.
I’d love that as well
I wouldn't assume that. Art's and whomever survived suffering may just be beginning...
Convulsing and hemorrhaging blood like that can't mean anything good in the long run.
honestly how mark become a known film critic when he doesn't even understand or analyses the films properly. He says the film has caricature characters. Some of them are caricature, true, but not all. The film's running time is 90 minutes, there are 12 characters and we watch their last 12 hours in one single location. You don't really expect from the film do some psycho analyses of each character with great depth in this premises right?? As the film progresses the story focuses on Art, Sophie and James and the dilemma they have. The film is asking you " what would you do if you were in this situation ?". Mark climes, only really characterr is Keira's character. Disagree with that as well. Lilly- Rose Depp, Roman Griffin Davis and Sope Dirisu were good and their characters were also relatable.
Also you don't believe those people exist! Clearly never worked hospitality before 😆
This movie was great
I can’t believe Mark loves “Love Actually”
Totally agree I found that film super creepy
Agreed! It’s woefully bad
I'm never suprised anymore, he really liked twilight
It’s a terrible film with some okay bits .
@@bigtatties He didn't like it. He simply said it wasn't bad.
I wonder would Mark like Krampus considering he likes a “twist” on the Christmas tale
Well, Mark Kermode has changed his tune on IKEA Knightley.
Was it perfect,, no, but I personally think the review was a harsh. I'd maybe give it a 3.5/5 and i would watch it again. A good cast , an intrusting idea and some good comedic moments as well as the horror of what's to come. I enjoyed watching it. I think the slight caricatures and the simultaneous comic and horror tone was on purpose
I hated Silent Night. I also hated Love Actually. Coincidentally I watched them back to back.
Silent Night wasn’t funny enough, wasn’t heartwarming enough when it could have been, wasn’t dramatic enough.. it had a good premise but it was executed poorly. It worked as being a depressing film. That’s about it. I don’t want to ruin it for anyone, but I really hated the ending.
I enjoyed it and I didn’t find it depressing at all. In fact it was funny in a sarcastic kind of way. And I really liked the young actor who played Art (he was in Jojo Rabbit to and I love Jojo Rabbit unlike Mark). I like dark humor in general.
@@idyllbs yeah, me too. I love black comedy, all of the actors (especially Matthew Goode) and the young lad, but this just didn’t hit the mark for me. The thing with comedy is, it’s supposed to make you laugh, and I didn’t even smile I don’t think. It’s a shame, it was the last film of the year I was looking forward to.
@@terenceflynn5125 comedy makes laugh but dark comedy doesn't necessarily make you lagh. and of course the film is very dramatic. nothing can be more dramatic than parents popping poisonous pills in their children's mouth. it keeps asking you what would you do in this situation. The film is certainly not about being funny but it is about the dilemma we have in our lives.
i literally just watched them back to back for the first time too 😂, just watched love actually and then watched silent knight
I agree with you 100%.
The concept was intriguing but the execution was dreadful.
The characters were poorly developed (some even stereotypical), the drama scenes were either too subtle or too extreme, the "comedy" was horrendous and the social commentary was insulting.
It did manage to remind me of a film that did exactly what this film was trying to accomplish.
That film being "Carnage" a dark comedy/drama about two couples trying to resolve the trivial conflict of their sons.
It is also, mostly, filmed in one room, though it balances comedy and drama excellently.
I'd recommend it to anyone who is interested in a somewhat similar film more nuanced than "Silent Night."
I think this is more like a cult movie....very flawed but it somehow works in a way.
I've seen a few films with awful people and my problem is always the same, why would anyone want to spend time with these people, and because of that I don't give the film an objective shot...
Whoa that sync coming back at 6:50
I want to see this but the UK seems to have seriously dropped the ball on streaming releases unlike the US. There’s one cinema thirty minutes away showing this once a day at a silly time..
Same with C'mon C'mon. Getting rave reviews and cant find it anywhere near me
What exactly is “silly time?”
Is that like Half past Absurd, O’clock?
@@CorbCorbin that’s very Kermodian alright
It’s on Amazon prime and the rent price is something like 4.99 if I’m not mistaken
I think the big cinemas chains refuse to screen films that have a simultaneous or near-simultaneous theatrical and streaming release. The distributors have to rely on smaller independent cinemas like Picturehouse, Everyman, and Curzon.
Mark is _very_ wrong about Love Actually
Yeah, it stinks even without the reasons he doesn’t like it. 😃
Jk
How can a subjective opinion be wrong? It’s his opinion. Just like you/me/all of has an opinion.
He probably likes it in the same way he likes Mamma Mia. He obviously thinks it’s a bit all over the place but likes it for sentimental reasons.
@@anthonyweston630 Exactly I'm sure almost everyone has films they like that are messy or objectively flawed, but if they get you to buy in with the narrative or the characters they can be just as enjoyable. The only people who are ever "wrong" about films are the people who think you can be wrong about liking or disliking a film. It's the same gate-keeping type shit with Music too "I don't like this, so it's bad".
Sometimes I agree with Mark and sometimes I don't.. However he has got this one 100% spot on
i loved this movie
So exactly when did our dear Mark come over to the acting chops of Kiera Knightley? Did he ever explain himself?
he was a bit nasty about her at one point, wasn’t it a sort of running joke? called her a washboard or something?
@@L_Martin IKEA Knightley is what he called her.
I think Mayo missed the underlying tone on this one.
Came back to this older video, and hearing at the top that Mark loves the movie "Love Actually" is such a disappointment that I literally can't take any recommendation of his seriously anymore. It's the more irredeemably awful film ever made. Every person involved in its production should be serving time and issue personalized apologies to every person who had to sit through it, it's just that bad.
ATOLL! ATOLL! ATOLL!
Keira Knightly is the most popular actress in Britain, yet her new Christmas movie is impossibly hard to find.
Can’t find any cinemas showing Silent Night, they’re not on the two main streaming platforms and I don’t use illegal methods to watch content.
How have most people seen this movie..?
Torrent. Drop a few dollars on a VPN and you can get the HDR version in a hour.
The last Christmas before Omicron kicks in..the last Christmas for many..
In the grand scheme of things it's not a terrible movie, but the moments of comedy that crop up after the turning point towards the darker themes are very jarring and out of place.
In general though, the comedy elements kinda fell flat, there's some genuinely bleak moments, but a lot of missed opportunities.
On another note, why is this film so hard to get to watch in the UK? Cinema screenings are sparse and it seems from Mon 6th that Apple's platform will be the only streaming option... bizarre.
I read On The Beach earlier this year. Sounds similar; great book.
Yes it is. The film is ok, not great, but ok.
This movie had so much potential, but it's awful. The dialog, the child actors, the pacing, the logic of the story...it also ends up being an anti vaxx film lmao. I'm assuming that's a product of bad writing?
I love Jojo Rabbit, this one did not work on any level, despite the abundance of talent involved. Falls flat as a comedy/satire, falls flat as horror.
This review made my day ☺️
I just watched it. Couldn't agree more with St Kermode (and Mayo for that matter). It's one thing having to sit through insufferable Poshos that I can barely stand watching/listening to. It's another thing to go through all of that AND not believe in their characters or back stories whatsoever.
And the last shot of this film almost tricked me into thinking it was quite a deft, jet black ending that works, only, given from what we'd seen previously and knowing the effects of the cloud....just NO. 👎
Yeah, I could only give this film half an hour (if that) of my time. Total sh*t. The kids constant swearing was also sickening and unnecessary no matter how you spin it. Wikipedia then told me how everything turned out (plot-wise) therefore, I didn't miss a thing 😂😂. In the bin it goes with both Bad Hair and Upgrade 🙄
So... 'Last Night' meets 'Happy New Year, Colin Burstead', then?
at 8:44 is Mark saying la grande bleu? Hard to make out
Sounds like a failed attempt to remake 'The Exterminating Angel' by Buñuel with added Christmas.
I liked it but like you are right, the tomes are a bit too jarring.
GARBAGE DAAAYYY
Woo!
ok
Miracle Mile on 34th Street anyone? 😂
Why is this out of sync?
Absolutley dreadful. Terrible writing, utterly vile and barely believable characters, awful child actors (probably related to the cast), tonnes of gratuitous swearing and silly songs (presumably as polyfiller for the shit script) and about as darkly funny as covid. Avoid like the deadly virus in the film itself.
I didn't mind the swearing and it added to the feel, but I do agree at times it was a bit too much, but I think that's the effect they were going for. I thought the children, especially Roman the main child character were good actors, (The boys were related to the director (art and the twins) and i think the girl was the sister Thomasin McKenzie from jojo rabbit which Roman was the main character in). I enjoyed it overall and would watch again, but I won't bore you with a longer review. .I'd maybe give it 3.5/5 stars
Hmmm
Need a new studio.
That's like a prison cell . .
The twins were the most believable but were also forgettable
insufferable awfulness
Sorry, but the review is exactly as British as it could be - they think their opinion are smarter and matter.
It's a shame that vaccines came into the conversation.
Why? It's in the film.
@@ellie-tk4jy It is not in the film. Have you actually watched the film? It’s about climate change and poisonous gas.
Why do I get the feeling that you're anti-vaxx?
@@SmartVandelay I've no idea why you have that feeling.
It is a comparison of the pills to the vaccine.... being forced to take by the government
Christmas Slay & Michael Buble Christmas jumpers😂
i might be in a minority, but i didn't like "Love Actually"
"Gremlins" on the other hand, how can anyone dislike Gizmo?