Emilia Clarke and Henry Golding star in 'Last Christmas,' a holiday romantic comedy inspired by the music of George Michael in which a young Londoner meets a guy who seems too good to be true.
In the past couple of years, it seems we‘ve all admitted that those made-for-cable holiday movies starring D-list celebs were actually pretty fun to watch. Since then they’ve only exploded in popularity, drawing more and more stars, with the networks expanding their seasonal offerings well into autumn. Christmas movies aren’t just a guilty pleasure anymore, they’re a bona fide booming mini-industry.
Inspired by that delightfully cheesy ’80s Christmas tune “Last Christmas” by Wham! the film becomes a bit of a jukebox musical for George Michael’s greatest hits, and there’s absolutely nothing wrong with that . The screenplay, by Thompson and Bryony Kimmings, from a story by Thompson and Greg Wise, plugs a literal reading of the song into a “Bridget Jones”-style story with a light Brexit dusting for topicality.
Tom, on the other hand, is whimsical and mysterious. He finds the joy in the little things, spinning and skipping down the street, exhorting Kate to always “look up.” It’s a way to catch little bits of magic in the world. But it inspires Kate to have awareness of the things around her, in her community, to have a little faith, feel a little gratitude. Of course, they start to fall in something like love, or so Kate thinks.
Director Feig has built an interesting body of work, and while “Last Christmas” feels much more like afilm than a Feig film , he brings a swift bounciness to the material. And he surrounds Clarke and Golding with charming supporting performances from Thompson as Kate’s Yugoslavian mother and Michelle Yeoh, a surprisingly adept comic performer, as Santa, Kate’s stern boss.
While it feels only slightly more elevated than your standard TV holiday rom-com fare, with a twist that can be seen coming from a mile away, it’s the performances and well-earned character arcs that make “Last Christmas” a satisfying holiday flick worth giving your heart to.PG-13, for language and sexual content
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