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Silent Night

Silent Night

Comedy · Science Fiction · Horror · 2021

Nell, Simon, and their boy Art are ready to welcome friends and family for what promises to be a perfect Christmas gathering. Perfect except for one thing: everyone is going to die.

Movie details

Silent Night

“Surviving Christmas just got a little harder.”

2021 Comedy · Science Fiction · Horror 1h 32m

Critical arithmetic

One number, for now.

TMDB

5.9 / 10

Community rating

Nell, Simon, and their boy Art are ready to welcome friends and family for what promises to be a perfect Christmas gathering. Perfect except for one thing: everyone is going to die.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

Who fights over Silent Night?

The split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Camille Griffin

Written by

Camille Griffin

Keira Knightley

Keira Knightley

Nell

Matthew Goode

Matthew Goode

Simon

Roman Griffin Davis

Roman Griffin Davis

Art

Annabelle Wallis

Annabelle Wallis

Sandra

Lily-Rose Depp

Lily-Rose Depp

Sophie

Lucy Punch

Lucy Punch

Bella

Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù

Ṣọpẹ́ Dìrísù

James

Court is in session

Put Silent Night on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Arthouse Gremlin

“Its refusal to behave is the point.”

The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.

The prosecution The Prestige Tourist

“Oddness is not depth.”

A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.