christmas eve in miller’s point
104 MINUTES | COMEDY, DRAMA | 2024
Synopsis
On Christmas Eve, a family gathers for what could be the last holiday in their ancestral home. As the night wears on and generational tensions arise, one of the teenagers sneaks out with her friends to claim the wintry suburb for her own.
US Release by IFC Films
Awards
FIPRESCI Prize, Seminci 2024
Credits
DIRECTED BY: Tyler Taormina (HAM ON RYE)
FEATURING: Michael Cera, Francesca Scorsese, Maria Dizzia, Ben Shenkman, Elsie Fisher, Gregg Turkington, Sawyer Spielberg, Matilda Fleming
PRESS QUOTES
"Tyler Taormina‘s delightful stocking-stuffer “Christmas Eve in Miller’s Point” is as alive to the domesticated magic of holiday tradition as any Nat King Cole seasonal classic."
"It leaves you with the warmest, fuzziest of feelings, and a renewed resolve to be home for Christmas, if only in your dreams."
Variety
"Christmas Eve at Miller’s Point is perhaps the closest a holiday film has come to truly capturing the experience of coming together for the festive season."
Little White Lies
"A Holiday Movie That Breaks the Mold Without Sacrificing the Joy."
The Hollywood Reporter
"Very charming and rich movie...engrossing, exalted even. 4 Stars!"
The Guardian
"Tyler Taormina’s Magical, Freewheeling Indie Captures The Holiday Spirit."
Deadline
"Captures both the lingering warmth and latent melancholy of Christmas."
Roger Ebert
"Christmas Eve at Miller’s Point is a Gift That Keeps On Giving."
The Moveable Fest
"Christmas Eve at Miller’s Point, Cinema and Family Beautifully Come Together."
The Film Stage
"Michael Cera and Francesca Scorsese Lead a Holiday Movie That Will Keep You Warm All Year."
IndieWire
"Generously mixing comedy, nostalgia, pathos and misanthropy."
Screen
"Both realistic and fantastical... made me think about... the many ways, and reasons, to make meaning from images of the past."
Film Comment
"Taormina has cemented himself as one of our most perceptive chroniclers of US suburbia."
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