Ben Thejrporter

Christmas films tend to be light-hearted, happy, humorous, sentimental and uplifting. Silent Night (Camille Griffin 2021) is a massive exception to that rule. It is definitely seasonal in theme, but it is an extremely dark and grim production. It is supposed to be a black comedy; but, although it has a few droll moments, I didn't find it all that funny. It is actually very tragic. It seems to me to be loosely based on the book On the Beach by Nevil Shute. The acting was good, especially seeing as many of the main characters were small children. It's worth seeing, but don't watch if you want to inject a bit of Christmas goodwill into your family get together! Better to stick to The Muppets Christmas Carol.