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Happy New Year, Colin Burstead

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Colin Burstead hires a lavish country manor for his extended family to celebrate New Year. Unfortunately for Colin his position of power in the family is under serious threat from the arrival of his estranged brother David.

Critics Reviews

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Paul Byrnes Sydney Morning Herald Wheatley appears to have hired a big house, filled it with friends and booze, giving each person a thin description of their character, then waited for the magic to happen. What results is a disjointed mess. Rated: 2.5/5 Mar 18, 2020 Full Review David Stratton The Australian [It] represents an unfortunate revival of that boring old Dogme style, which should have been laid to rest long ago and, for me, the jittery, all-over-the-place, cinematography makes the film virtually unwatchable. Mar 13, 2020 Full Review Harriet Fitch Little Financial Times Cuts like acid through the fatty, feel-good excess of the Christmas film canon. Rated: 4/5 Feb 13, 2019 Full Review Paul Farrell Vague Visages This film will undoubtedly become a key text for critical essays and university studies on post-referendum British cinema. Dec 12, 2023 Full Review Tori Brazier Flickering Myth ... One of the most nuanced, entertaining comedies of the year - and that's quite something for a film that revolves around a house of Brits arguing with one another. Rated: 4/5 Mar 25, 2021 Full Review Stephen A. Russell The New Daily (Australia) Take one fractured family and deposit a fancy hired mansion with way too much booze to ring in the New Year and watch how it all falls apart. Rated: 4/5 Aug 15, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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bill f What a great film! Anything Ben Wheatley does is always at least interesting and usually pretty tense, this outing being a prime example. Fabulous performances, especially from the intense Neil Maskell and irritatingly smug Sam Riley. It sucks you in and just won’t let go. Some excellent dialogue throughout. I already want to watch it again. Ben Wheatley is the man!! Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 09/10/24 Full Review Local G I'm assuming this is how middle class film makers think the working class actually behave? This is basically an extended Christmas episode of Eastenders sadly no one improvs 'He's not worth it Ricky!' Hilariously Colin does really say 'We've all had a drink.' I accept only clever people can see the Emperor's clothes but life holds one guarantee this was publicly funded! Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/13/24 Full Review isla s I found this a slow and bleak watch. If watching family members argue among themselves and get increasingly annoyed with one another is your idea of entertainment, or otherwise a good film, then this may be worth a watch but I didn't feel the plot direction was good enough, so it really wasn't memorable to me. The ending did seem a bit better perhaps than what came before, its chaotic, not entirely unenjoyable but by that point, I'd all but switched off. I did smirk at the end though. I've been ok with some bleak films before but this particular one I didn't think a great deal of. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member Ooops, reviewed wrong movie before. Ignore this review. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/14/23 Full Review Audience Member Ensamble family drama of what mostly artificial scenarios but there is a naturalism and the talented cast just nudge it to watchable. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 12/31/19 Full Review Audience Member While director Ben Wheatley has made it a craft in telling uncomfortable group stories, his latest feels like it just shy of not feeling like a whole stories with real stakes that get resolved in any capable way. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Colin Burstead hires a lavish country manor for his extended family to celebrate New Year. Unfortunately for Colin his position of power in the family is under serious threat from the arrival of his estranged brother David.
Director
Ben Wheatley
Producer
Andrew Starke
Screenwriter
Ben Wheatley
Production Co
Rook Films
Genre
Drama
Original Language
British English
Runtime
1h 30m