Top billed cast

1. 

   Julia Roberts

   Holly Burns

2. 

   Lucas Hedges

   Ben Burns

3. 

   Courtney B. Vance

   Mr. Beeby

4. 

   Kathryn Newton

   Ivy Burns

5. 

   Rachel Bay Jones

   Beth Conyers

6. 

   David Zaldivar

   Spencer 'Spider' Webbs

7. 

   Alexandra Park

   Cara K.

8. 

   Michael Esper

   Clayton

9. 

   Tim Guinee

   Phil

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-07-22

"Ben" (Lucas Hedges) arrives at his mother's home on Christmas eve and she is delighted. "Holly" (Julia Roberts) and her daughter "Ivy" (Kathryn Newton) know that he has a problem, though. He's a drug addict and has only recently managed to go for seven days without using. A Christmas carol service and an happy Christmas beckon for all if only he can stay sober but his erstwhile dealer has other plans and using the boy's dog as bait, entices him into one last delivery that has everyone racing around before something tragic happens. It's all rather bleak, this, with neither Hedges nor Roberts r...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$13,000,000.00

Revenue
$12,616,995.00

Keywords

• drug dealer
• small town
• drug addiction
• criticism and blame
• drug rehabilitation
• church
• family conflict
• painful memories
• temptation
• older brother younger sister
• family dog
• return of son
• worry
• teenage son
• blended family
• addiction recovery
• mother son relationship
• stolen dog
• christmas eve
• past history
• making amends
• hopeful
• one day
• mother's undying love