It’s always tricky to make a dynamic film about quiet people with hidden feelings, and there are no better actors than Lesley Manville and Ciarán Hinds to reveal the unspoken depths of such characters. They come through with everything they have in understated yet deeply felt performances as Stella and Gerry, who are going through the motions of a long marriage. But even these two can’t quite bring Midwinter Break to life, intelligent and thoughtful though its concept is.
The film, based on Bernard MacLaverty’s 2017 novel, feels as if it still belongs on the page, not because it needs more action but because this ordinary couple’s problems seem so routine and unsurprising, their inner lives so veiled. Even with its promise of a secret to be revealed and the twist of Stella’s increasingly strong religious faith, the film is often as calm and flat as the marriage at its center.
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