Tis the season to be jolly, at least that’s not what happens in Silent Night.

Now your probably wondering why that is, well let me tell you, a family of five that consist of mum (played by Keira Knightly) dad (played by Matthew Goode) and their three sons (played by Roman Griffin Davies and his younger brothers)

They invite friends and family for Christmas dinner and drinks, now again your probably wondering what’s wrong with that, well… here we are.

A toxic cloud of noxious gas is covering the Earth, and if your caught in said cloud you start bleeding from every and I mean every orifice on your body, really unpleasant if you ask me.

So the government have issued what’s called an Exit Pill, a suicide pill if you will, and everyone excluding illegal immigrants and the homeless have access to these death pills.

Yeah I did say it’s not jolly about two paragraphs back now you know, by the way side note, did I mention this is a black comedy, no? Well it’s a black comedy, there…. Now you know.

So, what happens during the final night on earth well secrets are revealed and home truths are said drinks are drunk and food is eaten.

That’s it, I’m not going to tell you the ending because let’s face it we all know what happens and it’s bleak, like really bleak.

Now, I want to mention one thing, the acting, especially by young Roman Griffin Davis star of the absolutely brilliant JoJo Rabbit, well he plays Art a boy who is fed up by the adults and how they’ve treated this planet, he references Greta Thunberg and the things she’s done as well.

Everything comes to a head around the table, and let me tell you this is the best part of the movie by a clear mile, you relate to this kid and it speaks volumes about the world we’re currently living in.

It also asks the question of what would you do.

What would you do if you was in this situation, how would you tell your kids that they have to take a pill that’ll kill them, painlessly and with dignity, after all the governments slogan for the pill is “die with dignity” or something along those lines.

It’s a rather thought provoking movie, and director Camille Griffin nails this, it does exactly what it says on the tin because it does make you think.

Camille Griffin pulls the rug out from underneath you during the second half of the movie, because what starts off as a Christmas movie quickly descends in to complete horror, and… I’m not going to lie but… it’s… it’s brilliant, fantastic even.

Now when I say bleak I’m talking about the final scenes, we see a family including a baby dead in a car, next thing you know families are having heart to hearts and taking the pill, it’s a very depressing ending to a film that I’ve seen since watching Fail Safe for the very first time.

Silent Night isn’t your standard festive Christmas movie for sure, but is it a good movie…

Yes… yes it is.

10/10 for sure, the acting is brilliant specially during the dinner table scene.

As always catch ya later 🙂