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==Cast==

==Cast==

* [[Toni Collette]] as Helen, June & Bernie’s first daughter, Julia, Molly, Connor’s older sister and Benji’s aunt

* [[Toni Collette]] as Helen, June & Bernie’s first daughter, Julia, Molly, Connor’s older sister and Benji’s aunt

* [[Johnny Flynn]] as Connor, June & Bernie’s son, Helen, Molly and Julia’s younger brother and Benji’s uncle

* [[Johnny Flynn]] as Connor, June & Bernie’s son, Helen, Molly and Julia’s younger brother and Benji’s uncle

* [[Andrea Riseborough]] as Molly, June & Bernie’s third daughter, Helen and Julia’s younger sister and Connor’s older sister, Julia’s sister and Benji’s aunt

* [[Andrea Riseborough]] as Molly, June & Bernie’s third daughter, Helen and Julia’s younger sister and Connor’s older sister, Julia’s sister and Benji’s aunt

* [[Timothy Spall]] as Bernie, June’s husband, Helen, Julia, Molly and Connor’s father and Benji’s grandfather

* [[Timothy Spall]] as Bernie, June’s husband, Helen, Julia, Molly and Connor’s father and Benji’s grandfather

* [[Kate Winslet]] as Julia, June & Bernie’s second daughter, Helen’s younger sister and Molly and Connor’s older sister and Benji’s mother

* [[Kate Winslet]] as Julia, June & Bernie’s second daughter, Helen’s younger sister and Molly and Connor’s older sister and Benji’s mother

* [[Helen Mirren]] as June, Bernie’s wife, Helen, Julia, Molly and Connor’s mother and Benji’s grandmother

* [[Helen Mirren]] as June, Bernie’s wife, Helen, Julia, Molly and Connor’s mother and Benji’s grandmother

* [[Stephen Merchant]] as Jerry

* [[Stephen Merchant]] as Jerry

* [[Fisayo Akinade]] as Nurse Angel

* [[Fisayo Akinade]] as Nurse Angel

2025 film by Kate Winslet

Goodbye June is a 2025 Christmas family drama film directed by Kate Winslet in her directorial debut, from a screenplay written by her son Joe Anders. It stars an ensemble cast that includes Toni Collette, Johnny Flynn, Andrea Riseborough, Timothy Spall, Helen Mirren, and Winslet herself. The film is set during Christmas, in which the characters gather around their dying mother, and confront themes of grief, reconciliation, and love.^[3]

Winslet explained that she had not initially intended to direct, but after reading Anders’ script she decided to take on the role of director as well as actor and producer. She emphasised the therapeutic nature of the story, describing it as “about family, not just about death.” Winslet selected several department heads who were newcomers, including composer Ben Harlan, production designer Alison Harvey, and costume designer Grace Clark, reflecting her desire to give opportunities to emerging talent. Winslet also adopted unconventional filming methods, such as using small microphones on actors instead of traditional boom equipment, to create a more intimate atmosphere on set.^[3]

Goodbye June was released in select cinemas in the United Kingdom and United States on 12 December 2025, and had its streaming on Netflix from 24 December.

The film centres on four siblings whose lives change when their ailing mother takes a turn for the worse over the Christmas season.^[4]

• Toni Collette as Helen Cheshire, June & Bernie’s first daughter, Julia, Molly, Connor’s older sister and Benji’s aunt
• Johnny Flynn as Connor Cheshire, June & Bernie’s son, Helen, Molly and Julia’s younger brother and Benji’s uncle
• Andrea Riseborough as Molly Cheshire, June & Bernie’s third daughter, Helen and Julia’s younger sister and Connor’s older sister, Julia’s sister and Benji’s aunt
• Timothy Spall as Bernie Cheshire, June’s husband, Helen, Julia, Molly and Connor’s father and Benji’s grandfather
• Kate Winslet as Julia Cheshire, June & Bernie’s second daughter, Helen’s younger sister and Molly and Connor’s older sister and Benji’s mother
• Helen Mirren as June Cheshire, Bernie’s wife, Helen, Julia, Molly and Connor’s mother and Benji’s grandmother
• Stephen Merchant as Jerry
• Fisayo Akinade as Nurse Angel
• Jeremy Swift as Dr. David Titford
• Raza Jaffrey as Dr. Simon Khal
• Benjamin Shortland as Benji, Julia’s son, Helen, Molly and Connor’s nephew and June and Bernie’s grandson

Goodbye June is Kate Winslet‘s feature-length directorial debut. Producers are Kate Solomon and Winslet. The film was written by Winslet’s son, Joe Anders.^[5] The premise of the work was inspired by Winslet’s personal experience of death of her mother to ovarian cancer in 2017. Anders wrote the screenplay at the age of 19 when he attended a screenwriting course at the National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield, England.^[6] Winslet explained that Anders “was encouraged by a wonderful tutor to write about something that he knew … Whilst it is not autobiographical in any way, [Anders] took the scenario that he had been around when my own mother passed away.”^[7]

Winslet also appears in the film alongside an ensemble cast including Toni Collette, Johnny Flynn, Andrea Riseborough, Timothy Spall, and Helen Mirren.^[8]

Principal photography began on 17 March 2025, in the United Kingdom.^[9] Goodbye June was filmed over the course of 35 days with a small crew and a limited budget.^[7]

Goodbye June was released in select cinemas in the United Kingdom and United States on 12 December 2025, and on Netflix on 24 December 2025.^[10][11]

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 66% of 61 critics’ reviews are positive. The website’s consensus reads: “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.”^[12] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 54 out of 100, based on 24 critics, indicating “mixed or average” reviews.^[13]

Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian wrote that Goodbye June is “a well-intentioned and starrily cast yuletide heartwarmer, like a two-hour John Lewis Christmas TV ad without the logo”, but criticised its “treacly soup of sentimentality” and “cartoony quasi-Richard Curtis characterisation” that feels unreal.^[14]