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Filmi Score
Very good
13 reviews
75
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Critics call Merry Christmas a slow-burn, elegantly crafted thriller led by career-best turns from Katrina Kaif and Vijay Sethupathi, though several flag a weak climax and a second act that stretches plausibility.
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Summary
Merry Christmas (2024, Hindi) has a Filmi Score of 75 from 13 critic reviews, is rated 12+ by Filmi (CBFC: U/A), and streams on Netflix in the US.
A Christmas Eve encounter between two enigmatic strangers sparks a poignant connection - but a dark turn of events threatens to expose their murky past.
Where to watchAvailability by JustWatch · some watch links pay filmi.ai a small commission; it never changes what we show or how we score.
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Cast & crew
Cast
Directed by Sriram Raghavan · written by Sriram Raghavan & Pooja Ladha Surti & Arijit Biswas & Anukriti Pandey · music Pritam Chakraborty & Daniel B George
Sriram RaghavanDirector · Writer
Pooja Ladha SurtiEditing · Writer
Arijit BiswasWriter
Anukriti PandeyWriter
Pritam ChakrabortyMusic
Daniel B GeorgeMusic
Madhu NeelakandanCinematography
Katrina KaifLead
Vijay Sethupathi
Radhika Apte
Sanjay Kapoor
Vinay Pathak
Tinnu Anand
Pratima Kazmi
Ashwini Kalsekar
Radhika Sarathkumar
Shanmugarajan
Gayathrie Shankar
Rajesh
Full crew
SoundRhitwik Raj Pathak · Ajaykumar Balakrishnan · Madhu Apsara
Production designSabyasachi Mishra · Helen Jones · Mayur Sharma
CostumeAnaita Shroff Adajania · Sabina Halder
ChoreographyVijay Ganguly
LyricsVarun Grover
ActionHira Yadav · Sunil Rodrigues
MakeupNikita Kapoor
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Summary
A Christmas Eve encounter between two enigmatic strangers sparks a poignant connection - but a dark turn of events threatens to expose their murky past.
Merry Christmas (2024, Hindi) has a Filmi Score of 75 from 13 critic reviews, is rated 12+ by Filmi (CBFC: U/A), and streams on Netflix in the US.
Where to watch
Availability by JustWatch · some watch links pay filmi.ai a small commission; it never changes what we show or how we score.What the critics said
13 reviews · the critic’s own number where they gave one
Five of 13 · the critic’s own number where they gave one
Umesh Punwani · 12 Jan 2024
Merry Christmas Movie Review: Sriram Raghavan Would Make You Forget Andhadhun, Thanks To Vijay Sethupathi & Katrina Kaif! Read it there →
Published · 4/5
Filmi’s reading 90
80
Anupama Chopra · YouTube · transcript read · 12 Jan 2024
Chopra praises Merry Christmas as an intimate, elegantly crafted thriller anchored by superb performances from Kaif and Sethupathi and Ragavan's… Watch it there →
Derived by Filmi
82
Deeksha Sharma · YouTube, Hindi · rating spoken aloud · 12 Jan 2024
4/5, said on camera. Published nowhere. Watch it there →
Stated in video
Filmi’s reading 80
80
YouTube · transcript read · 15 Jan 2024
Tyagi finds Merry Christmas stylish and beautifully performed, especially by Kaif and Sethupathi, with masterful tonal shifts, but flags the… Watch it there →
Derived by Filmi
80
Anmol Jamwal · YouTube · transcript read · 12 Jan 2024
The critic calls Merry Christmas a rewarding, slow-burn character study anchored by Katrina Kaif's career-best and Vijay Sethupathi's soulful… Watch it there →
Derived by Filmi
78
YouTube, Telugu · transcript read · 20 Jan 2024
Poolachokka praises the writing, performances and a strong final 30 minutes, warning viewers not to expect a typical family film. He closes with… Watch it there →
Derived by Filmi
78
Angel Rani · 13 Jan 2024
Angel Rani praises the Hitchcockian build-up, warm period atmosphere and lead performances, noting only that it isn't as dark as Andhadhun — a… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
76
Pratikshya Mishra · 12 Jan 2024
Finds the slow-burn thriller hooking despite being less nail-biting than Andhadhun, praising the period detail, score and lead performances, while… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
76
YouTube, Hindi · rating spoken aloud · 13 Jan 2024
3.5/5, said on camera. Published nowhere. Watch it there →
Stated in video
Filmi’s reading 73
70
Monika Rawal Kukreja · 12 Jan 2024
Monika Rawal Kukreja praises the writing, performances and atmosphere but says the climax underwhelms and lacks the 'wow factor' of Andhadhun. She… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
72
Yogi · YouTube, Hindi · rating spoken aloud · 12 Jan 2024
3.5/5, said on camera. Published nowhere. Watch it there →
Stated in video
Filmi’s reading 70
70
Baradwaj Rangan ✓ Claimed · 13 Jan 2024
Rangan admires the film's elegant, audacious structure and Raghavan's ambition to build a thriller without thriller mechanics, but finds the long… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
45
How this number was made. We read every review and derive a 0–100 reading from each — including where the critic printed a number, which stays first on its row, because it’s theirs. The Filmi Score is the mean of 13 readings; 5 of those rows also carry the critic’s own rating, shown beside ours. Rubric v2.1, computed 26 Oct 2026. Any critic can ask us to remove a derived reading.
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Merry Christmas: quick answers
Box office, where to watch and what critics said — from the same data as the page.
Where can I watch Merry Christmas?
Merry Christmas is streaming on OTT: Netflix (India, the US, the UK and Canada). Availability comes from JustWatch and is checked every Friday.
What did critics say about Merry Christmas?
Merry Christmas has a Filmi Score of 75 (Very good), the mean of 13 readings of critic reviews, one per review. Readings run from 45 (Galatta Plus) to 90 (Koimoi). Every review and how it was scored is listed below.
What readers say
The Audience Score appears once three readers’ reviews have been read under the rubric — built from what people write, never from the rating numbers.
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