Silent Night

This black-humor psychological drama with an expected global catastrophe, slightly reminiscent of the current world situation, is quite original and bizarre, but at the same time not very entertaining and amusing. I like the decent casting, I enjoyed the cheeky Annabelle Wallis the most, but the rest of the actors, even if they play their standard, don't really impress. The film is presented in an intimate way, it takes place in one evening in one house and with a minimum of characters and it doesn't escalate much, I didn't find it funny. The dialogues are ordinary and the atmosphere is a bit stiffing only at the end, which is not enough to satisfy me. Story 3/5, Action 0/5, Humour 2/5, Violence 1/5, Fun 3/5, Music 3/5, Visuals 3/5, Atmosphere 3/5, Suspense 2/5, Emotion 2/5, Actors 4/5. 5/10. (09.01.2022)

If the last second had been cut, the film's mood would have changed and I would have gone higher, because the overall impression of Silent Night and its original premise and mood is not bad. But this is how the current situation plays into the hands of all those antivax (don’t believe the science) morons, mentally stuck somewhere in the Middle Ages, whose blatant idiocy we are all now paying for. I wonder if the creators are aware of this, or if it is an unintended effect beyond their plans. Because you can also read it differently, like “never give up”. But to release something so ambiguous now is, at the very least, very stupid. (04.12.2021)