Silent Night
2021
*½
Director: Camille Griffin
Cast: Keira Knightley, Matthew Goode, Roman Griffin Davis, Annabelle Wallis, Lily-Rose Depp, Sope Dirisu, Kirby Howell-Baptiste, Lucy Punch, Rufus Jones
The British government has issued suicide pills for a quick and painless death in preparation for a toxic gas cloud which wipes out all life. A group of friends and their children gather to celebrate their last Christmas. Camille Griffin's feature debut follows in the footsteps of Don't Look Up, Melancholia, The Mist, and Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, the last of which also stars the incredibly unlucky Keira Knightley. This is supposedly an apocalyptic dark comedy, but I didn't find it captivating, thought-provoking, or funny. Good characters could go a long way, but these people all deserve a painful death. The end product is like a short Richard Curtis comedy set in hell.
