BOXING DAY MOVIES 2024

This Boxing Day, we're in for a day guaranteed to entertain film buffs - we're getting access to not just 2024's top cinema - we're being treated to top-star animations, dark comedies from the best in the business, and amazing indies.

We're covering the best films for the big day - though you can catch many of these films at advanced screenings, or even on Christmas Day itself in many of the capital cities!

So take a look through our collection of Boxing Day films, and let us know if you agree with our reviews of these highly-anticipated movies. We'll keep adding to this page as more reviews come in, so make sure you keep checking back for the latest verdicts!

THE ROOM NEXT DOOR

Almodóvar’s ravishing meditation on mortality and how we face it

It does feel at this stage of his career that Pedro Almodóvar is unearthing something with his films, anxieties about growing old, growing frail, seeing the passing of what was towards the inevitability of what must be. 'The Room Next Door' is yet another breathtaking piece in that ongoing exploration, a gesture of humanity from its creators and a gift of generosity to its audience.

BETTER MAN

The biggest surprise of the year

This is a truly unique, wildly imaginative and deeply moving film, one whose familiar structure works in its favour as its aesthetic approach reaches for the heavens. Forget any trepidations you have and throw yourself into the wondrous chaos of 'Better Man'.

SONIC THE HEDGEHOG 3

That hedgehog is still fast!

'Sonic the Hedgehog 3' is more of the same that we've come to expect from the loveable blue hedgehog. It ramps up the fan service for the gamers, but it never fully comes together. For a family outing, it has something to satisfy everyone, even if it won't have a lasting impact.

ANORA

Meet Ani - $20 for a dance, $50 for the VIP room, your heart for hers

Impeccably written and exquisitely acted, you can't help but fall in love with 'Anora' and all its crazy characters. There are times you'll want to look away because what he shows you is raw, cringe-worthy or challenges your perceptions and your sexual propriety... but don't, because that's when the magic happens.

PARTHENOPE

Paolo Sorrentino's latest is all style, no substance

The star of 'Parthenope' is the city of Naples itself, framed by cinematographer Daria D'Antonio who makes each silhouette tempting and each frame dazzling. The titular character, however, is not so lucky. Parthenope finds herself lost in the excess of a vision uninterested in truly accommodating her, and a world just not ready enough to understand her.