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Black Mirror: White Christmas

2014 Directed by Carl Tibbetts

This feature-length special consists of three interwoven stories. In a mysterious and remote snowy outpost, Matt and Potter share a Christmas meal, swapping creepy tales of their earlier lives in the outside world. Matt is a charismatic American trying to bring the reserved, secretive Potter out of his shell. But are both men who they appear to be? A woman gets thrust into a nightmarish world of 'smart' gadgetry. Plus a look at what would happen if you could 'block' people in real life.

Jon Hamm Rafe Spall Oona Chaplin Natalia Tena Janet Montgomery Rasmus Hardiker Dan Li Ken Drury Zahra Ahmadi Verity Marshall Ian Keir Attard

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Review by Austin Gorski ★★★★½ 6

I need to go for a walk.
Review by Josh Rosenthal ★★★★★ 5

Because Letterboxd does not have any episodes of Black Mirror in its database, this is a review of Season 1, 2, and the Christmas special. My review of Season 3 will be published as soon as I finish it.

S1:E1- The National Anthem- 8/10
A pretty crazy and amazing way to start the series. Explores the depths of a messed up concept and runs with it. One thing that I love about this series is that it manages to make some kind of commentary on real-life issues in each episode, and this happens to be one of those.

S1:E2- Fifteen Million Merits- 10/10
Surreal. The acting, concept, and plot in this is so good. Has an amazing story and brilliant…
Review by gabriel guimarães 💫 ★★★★★ 8

Recommended to me by Modest Squidbeast.

Black Mirror is the best television show I have ever seen. I know, this is a bold claim to make: I don't watch a lot of shows, I haven't seen Breaking Bad or Game of Thrones or any big tv show, but oh my, how can you compete with this?? An imaginative, ambitious project that incorporates a fresh view of the future, that with every episode does something different, creative and compelling! It's like a mix between Coherence and Ex Machina, and I adore both movies.

This Christmas special works like an anthology film. While it could have been just a collection of short episode ideas, it does come together remarkably well. Coupled with…
Review by Melissa

I'm Jon Hamm setting off every toy in his house at night.
Review by maya ★★★★

nothing about this is real but it feels so fucking real omg what is life FUCK !!!
Review by ayad ★★★★ 3

This show is like Einstein level smart yo. I've never seen a series so understanding of the human condition and yet so satirical. This is wonderful, thought-provoking stuff and I definitely recommend it.
Also why would anyone wanna block Jon Hamm ?????

Recent reviews

Review by Tara ★★★½

wouldn't Jon Hamm just want to go to jail like. that is the worst punishment imaginable
Review by S. E. Adams ★★★½

Hoop-tober 4.0

Film #3
Review by gamernes9 ★★★★★

best episode of Black Mirror by far (also not gonna rank it on my lists because I don't count it as a movie)
Review by Rebecca Blunt ★★

Jon Hamm eating toast makes me want to block, mute, and murder him.
Review by Noah Clarke ★★★★½

Black Mirror is the perfect show for people who say “This is deep” as a compliment to anything with a message
Review by jhay ★★★★

im fucking fucked up?
Review by Christian ★★★★½

Black Mirror >>>>>>>>>> Rick and Morty
Review by Leif ★★★

I'd only seen the series premiere of Black Mirror, which is great, so I had no qualms about watching the feature-length holiday special for Hooptober 4.0. If the series is like The Twilight Zone, then this is like The Twilight Zone: The Movie, with possibly the best wraparound story I've seen in an anthology film.

The first film is simple, and reminded me a lot of a Tales from the Crypt episode i.e. Someone wants something, and gets more than they bargained for. The second piece of the anthology was great, although most of the film is spent explaining the complex scenario that makes up the episode. The third film slinks into the wraparound gently and shifts the tone from EC horror comics to sci-fi drama.

So if you're looking for an intelligent genre-bending anthology film with a faint Christmas theme, see this now.
Review by Sehhaar ★★★★½

I feel like my mind just had really rough sex with this episode...

God, this show is way too good! I'll add my thoughts to all the episodes, once I finished it.