It’s curious, unusual, and a little bit mesmerizing.

| Apr 17, 2025

Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point is like every holiday party you’ve ever been to, but it’s also not like any of them.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 17, 2025

Alternately affecting and affected, this is a Christmas movie that has a lovely glow but in the end is a hit-and-miss proposition, sometimes insightful but sometimes just awkward.

| Original Score: C+ | Jan 5, 2025

if you watch it and hate it, you were warned! It will only be a Christmas classic for some and a chance to catch up on sleep for many. If you see abstract art and scream, “I could have made that,” then steer clear.

| Dec 31, 2024

Both strange and beautiful, this holiday-themed drama is noisy and quirky, bent on capturing moods more than plots, but its human poetry is surprisingly immersive and deeply touching.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 25, 2024

Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point isn’t always easy to like, but it’s always easy to admire.

| Dec 24, 2024

The memory piece is nostalgic but not sentimental, undercut with a specter of settled regret.

| Dec 23, 2024

A movie that doesn't have a point with a story that's aimless drivel. It's nothing but a dull compilation of mindless drama and unfunny comedy scenes with forgettable characters during a Christmas Eve night on New York's Long Island.

| Dec 14, 2024

Everything’s a bit larger-than-life, but also a little smaller. The morning after I watched the movie, it already felt like something I’d seen a few years ago.

| Dec 13, 2024

There are cruising parallels with American contemporaries the Ross Brothers and Halina Reijn, but this daisy chain has an earnest, festive charm unlike any other. It’s a vibe.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 12, 2024

It’s a delight, mostly about character and atmosphere rather than plot.

| Dec 12, 2024

Wholly sublime, a delicately thorny snow globe whose warm sense of nostalgia is tinged with an inescapable sense of sadness that gives its Christmas setting a disarmingly human core.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Dec 6, 2024

Whilst flawed, Christmas Eve in Miller's Point feels admirably detailed in its depiction of a suburban family Christmas.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Nov 26, 2024

Complete chaos and you can't tell one character from another.

| Original Score: 3/10 | Nov 25, 2024

Essentially, this is like being in an annoying family reunion, but it's not your family... everything about the film is annoying.

| Nov 24, 2024

Not enough story to engage me and the acting was weak

| Nov 23, 2024

More ‘Lost In Long Island’ than ‘Miracle On Main Street’, this offbeat indie ladles on the melancholy mood while skimping on the holiday highs, and seems destined to become a cult Christmas favourite.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 22, 2024

This could well prove a dependable alternative winter warmer for years to come.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 21, 2024

For a while, it’s all genuinely lovely, but there is an unpleasant moment around an hour into the film when you realise you’re no longer enjoying it that much, and the constant ducking of anything resembling a plot has long begun to grate.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 20, 2024

With Michael Cera and Gregg Turkington adding dustings of wit as useless cops, the result unfolds as an evocative meditation on seasonal tradition and change, mounted with winning warmth and style.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 19, 2024