Midwinter Break

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Midwinter Break

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1h 30m

Drama

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MIDWINTER BREAK is a stirring meditation on faith, commitment, and the enduring power of love, as a longtime couple takes a life-changing trip to Amsterdam.

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While Ciarán Hinds and Lesley Manville are characteristically terrific playing off of each other, this rumination on love and spirituality is so restrained that it veers into tedium.

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Peter Travers

The Travers Take

1d

2/4

Watching Lesley Manville and Ciarán Hinds is usually time well spent, but this woebegone wintery love story makes you want to jump into an Amsterdam canal.

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Barry Hertz

Globe and Mail

1d

How to Make a Killing is a Rian Johnson-lite concoction that is neither all that funny nor moderately twisty, the entire affair landing too close to its title and feeling, simply, DOA.

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Aparita Bhandari

Globe and Mail

1d

Fortunately, Midwinter Break stars two seasoned actors who are not even close to the winter of their careers. Both bring grace and gravitas to their characters, conveying their personal crises with humanity.

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Carla Hay

Culture Mix

6h

Midwinter Break should be titled Midwinter Boredom. The admirably talented Lesley Manville and Ciarán Hinds are stuck in this lethargic drama about a married U.K. couple confronting their relationship problems during a trip to Amsterdam.

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Andrew Parker

The Gate

9h

4/10

Much of Stella’s quest to lead a more devout life feels borne from boredom, almost like a midlife crisis where someone has run out of things to do so they just decide to find religion again.

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

13h

4.5/5

It’s a movie that’s not afraid to deal earnestly and honestly with its themes, while treating an underserved adult audience the kind of offering they rarely get these days. It's intimate, nuanced, emotionally textured, and remarkably restrained.

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Jane P

5h

I liked the part I was able to watch. As usual, there are so many rude and loud people in the theater that I had to leave before it was over.

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Tom B

10h

Tremendous script & acting. Ignore the critics.

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Joanne S

11h

Tedious and lacking an interesting plot.

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Doreen G

12h

Great acting, boring story.

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Sandra H

13h

No clue what was going on. It was durgery and depressing.

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Ron C

15h

Stayed to the end. I like Hines it was enjoyable to watch him.

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Polly Findlay

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Lesley Manville

Stella

Ciarán Hinds

Gerry

Julie Lamberton

Young Stella

Ed Sayer

Young Gerry

Niamh Cusack

Kathy

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Synopsis

MIDWINTER BREAK is a stirring meditation on faith, commitment, and the enduring power of love, as a longtime couple takes a life-changing trip to Amsterdam.

Director: Polly Findlay
Producer: Guy Heeley, Floor Onrust
Screenwriter: Bernard MacLaverty, Nick Payne
Distributor: Focus Features
Production Co: Shoebox Films, Film4
Rating: PG-13 (Some Strong Language|Bloody Images|Alcoholism|Suggestive Material|Thematic Material)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 20, 2026, Wide
Runtime: 1h 30m

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