Midwinter Break

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Midwinter Break

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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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Kyle Smith

Wall Street Journal

9h

Though the story wells with tenderness, it isn’t executed with much verve. Ms. Findlay’s direction is patient to a fault.

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Odie Henderson

Boston Globe

11h

2/4

Ciarán Hinds and Lesley Manville are at the top of their acting game in Midwinter Break... Unfortunately, they can't save this slow-moving dissolution-of-a-marriage drama that plays like a travelogue for Amsterdam and an ad for religious devotion.

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Lindsey Bahr

Associated Press

11h

3/4

A delicate film that stays in a minor key, but whose impact is profound if you can get on its level.

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Travis Hopson

Punch Drunk Critics

1h

3.5/5

It’s the kind of quietly magnificent film that asks you to sit with it patiently, absorbing the myriad of emotions expressed by its wonderful leads.

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Christopher Lloyd

The Film Yap

10h

4/5

World-class acting by Lesley Manville and Ciarán Hinds undergirds this restrained look at a marriage teetering toward its finish.

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Christian Toto

HollywoodInToto.com

13h

3/4

Manville, Hinds capture beauty and pain of a marriage headed for disaster.

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Ann L.

@abycats 8h

Waste of a superb cast. Turgid plot barely advances during the film’s 90 minutes and winds up with a predictable result for the husband and a conclusion for the wife that will be alien to most modern-day movie audiences.

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@Andrewnj1031 10h

Leslie Manville delivers a tour-de-force Oscar-Worthy performance. A great movie on it's own but transcendent if you have read the novel.

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Moody C

@MoodyC 10h

I like airport movies and this one takes place mostly at airport but it’s hard to recommend since it’s devoid of any drama. It starts out with an old married couple whose marriage is on the rocks and ends without any resolution. There are some nice directorial choices here like how movie ends but needs more drama & story though latter may be tough since it’s based on a book.

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Marc S

11h

A masterclass on acting by two giants. Manville and Hinds are perfectly cast in this quiet, devastating film.

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Julie Lamberton

Young Stella

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Young Gerry

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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