Midwinter Break

Name: Midwinter Break
Genre: Drama
Released: February 20, 2026
Duration: 90 min
Rating: 60

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Focus Features | Release Date: February 20, 2026 | PG-13

Summary: A longtime couple (Lesley Manville, Ciarán Hinds) takes a life-changing trip to Amsterdam. Based on the acclaimed novel.

Genre(s): Drama

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 90 min

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The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Mar 19, 2026

The film creates space for Hinds and Manville to give substantial, intimate, complex performances of the kind that most movies (of whatever sort) do not allow their leads, and Manville in particular is very moving. Read full review

G. Allen Johnson

Feb 18, 2026

Polly Findlay’s adaptation of Bernard MacLaverty’s 2017 novel is a serious attempt to delve into a complex marriage, and fortunately for such heavy material it contains two winning performances from Manville (so delightful in “Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris”) and Hinds (“Is This Thing On?”). Read full review

Donald Clarke

Mar 19, 2026

A humane work devised by serious minds. Read full review

Kim Hughes

Feb 20, 2026

Much as I had hoped to love it given its cast and source material, Midwinter Break just never took flight. Not all great books make great movies. Read full review

Odie Henderson

Feb 18, 2026

Hinds and Manville do a credible job of portraying a marriage that has run its course, and their best work occurs in the silences that pass between their characters, Gerry and Sheila. Read full review

Kyle Smith

Feb 19, 2026

Ms. Findlay’s work is nevertheless so delicate as to be slight, so unassuming as to be unsatisfying. The friction between the two leads could form a strong backdrop to the film; instead, it is the film. Read full review

The Travers Take Peter Travers

Feb 20, 2026

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. Read full review

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