this shaky apocalyptic film doesn't land at times, but its gripping final act, a handful of standout performances and attempts at commentary about class and climate change will probably keep most audiences engaged
the characters, compelling enough to carry the movie, nor are the horrors of the outside world fleshed out enough to frighten; Ultimately, the movie seems to ask: In the face of a dying world, should we give up or stay and fight?
that sets the stage for some pretty wild end-of-days action, but "Silent Night" never fully ramps up to it; it’s neither funny nor haunting enough to become a holiday staple
Roman Griffin Davis delivers a more accomplished performance than in "JoJo Rabbit" in this transfixing oddity directed by his mother, Camille Griffin; this is an exceptionally British movie; another strange cinematic cocktail of death and chuckles
Knightley is at her most charmingly warm and wonderful in Griffin's pitch-black satirical horror film, which starts off like a classic and sentimental holiday heart-warmer; but quickly turns dark when we learn this is the Last Christmas for everyone
Griffin's feature-length directorial debut misplaces the root of our current existential dilemma and then covers it with a forced melange of tepid droll comedy and clunky melodrama
entertaining, if a little uneven, "Silent Night" is likely to appeal to those who enjoy a darker take on their holiday entertainment, with simmering tension, a flicker of humor, and a solid helping of existential angst
darkly hilarious and heart-rending; The social satire dissolves into smoke as "Silent Night" adds a subtle political twist, but also a crushing melancholy
as committed as Camille Griffin's Silent Night is to its unpleasant concept, it's still a mess of jarring tonal shifts and shrill characters; "Silent Night" is unlike any other Christmas movie out there, but its audacity ultimately doesn't pay off
after an unsatisfying start as a comedy, "Silent Night" finds its feet as an ambitious, thoughtful chamber piece about what it means to peer into the abyss
"Silent Night" is not exactly a satire of well-off and well-connected people as such; But there is something undoubtedly startling and bizarre about seeing the end of the world generically grafted on to this jolly Britcom mode