Goodbye June

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Goodbye June

R

2025

1h 54m

Holiday

Drama

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The film takes place just before Christmas, when an unexpected turn in their mother's health thrusts four adult siblings and their exasperating father into chaos as they navigate messy family dynamics in the face of potential loss. But their quick-witted mother, June, orchestrates her decline on her own terms -- with biting humor, blunt honesty, and a lot of love.

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A family affair both on screen and behind the camera, Kate Winslet's directorial debut stacks the deck for tears a little too lopsidedly, but honest performances help put this drama's heart firmly in the right place.

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Coleman Spilde

Salon.com

Jan 2

"Goodbye June” is far from a catastrophe, but it’s perhaps a greater sin that the film would be far more interesting if it were.

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Craig Mathieson

The Age (Australia)

Jan 2

2.5/5

It’s a story open to the syrupy and the sentimental, and it can’t quite escape the formulaic, despite an overqualified supporting cast...giving their all to the reconciliation dynamic underpinning the plot.

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Robert Levin

Newsday

Dec 29

2/4

Goodbye June has some fine qualities, but it's flat when it should be compelling.

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James Croot

The Post NZ

6d

It might not exactly be cheery Christmas viewing, but Goodbye June certainly offers plenty of food for thought and makes for a compelling watch.

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Lee Zumpe

Tampa Bay Newspapers

Mar 22

The friction feels artificial, contrived to generate obligatory epiphanies and weepy reconciliations.

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Louisa Moore

Screen Zealots

Jan 21

This depressing holiday drama is predictable, emotionally draining, and ultimately forgettable.

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David

Dec 23

Great acting, Helen Mirren at her best. Kate winslet also. Great story line and brought tears to my eyes.

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peter g

Dec 14

It’s a tear jerk for sure but I sobbed and laughed from beginning to end! Great story, great cast (Helen, Kate and Toni) and perfect flow and timing! I put it in my holiday movie category faves including Home For The Holidays and The Family Stone. I am excited to see what else Kate and her son have to collaborate on together.

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Dean S.

@DeanDFW Mar 28

The Nativity Play in the third act is so adorable and fun: decent well acted movie overall.

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David F

@dfulmer Mar 7

Sad, touching, tender, well-made.

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Wayne M

@Wayne93 Feb 18

Goodbye June is a small family drama that even though it is perfectly fine on the surface feels a little underwhelming in the end. The film marks the directorial debut for Kate Winslet, who also stars in the film. The film takes place in England at Christmas, when family members gather around their dying mother June. We have her husband Bernie and her children Julia, Molly and Helen. The family is quite fractured. Especially Julia and Molly who are quite distant. Each in their own ways are trying to come to terms with the past and the present. Despite the set up the film feels rather inert and sedate. It should make for well considered drama, but rather feels a little limp. It has a fiine cast, Winslet, Toni Collette and Andrea Riseborough. But ultimately feels like a misfire.

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Horror fan 4

@Horrorfan4life Feb 6

From the start we meet a family who's brought together because of a loved one being hospitalized. We then find out it's the mother who been brought in. Then we meet the siblings and grandkids. It all happens two weeks before Christmas and eventually leads into Christmas. This was a really good family drama and yes I shed some tears but in reality we've all been there. I did feel however that some performances were realistic and others were generic. Tim Treakle

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Toni Collette

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Johnny Flynn

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Timothy Spall

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Synopsis

The film takes place just before Christmas, when an unexpected turn in their mother's health thrusts four adult siblings and their exasperating father into chaos as they navigate messy family dynamics in the face of potential loss. But their quick-witted mother, June, orchestrates her decline on her own terms -- with biting humor, blunt honesty, and a lot of love.

Director: Kate Winslet
Producer: Kate Solomon, Kate Winslet
Screenwriter: Joe Anders
Distributor: Netflix
Production Co: Working Title Films, Netflix
Rating: R (Language)
Genre: Holiday, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 12, 2025, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 24, 2025
Runtime: 1h 54m

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