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Last Christmas

2019

Paul Feig

Emilia Clarke, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh, Emma Thompson ...

5.3

4,075

Romance. Comedy. Drama Kate is a young woman subscribed to bad decisions. His last date? That of having accepted to work as Santa's elf for a department store. However, she meets Tom there. His life takes a new turn. For Kate, it seems too good to be true.

	Author	Review
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"It’s not so much clever, toasty, and affectionate as it is the faux version of those things. It’s twee, it’s precious, it’s forced."	NEG
United States	John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"It's a misfire by just about any measure, but it earns some warm feelings for its determination not to be like anything else currently in circulation"	NEU
United States	Kate Erbland IndieWire	"Cheesy and intermittently charming (...) From top to bottom, 'Last Christmas' is shy about engaging with Its most substantial ingredients"	NEU
United States	Alonso Duralde The Wrap	"[It] scratches a lot of my holiday-movie itches (...) 'Last Christmas' provides enough of a warm, fuzzy glow to light up a bleak midwinter."	POS
United States	Richard Lawson Vanity Fair	"'Last Christmas' is not good. It’s not terrible, exactly, but it has the dismaying, tinny rattle of a thing not living up to its potential"	NEU
Australia	Sandra Hall Sydney Morning Herald	"There are plenty of funny bits. Thompson is a delight (...) Feig does get things together for a grand finish full of feel-good moments (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Nicholas Barber BBC	"The script might as well have been generated by an AI which had grasped the concept of redemptive Christmas comedies, but had no understanding of human behaviour (…) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United Kingdom	Tim Grierson Screendaily	"A holiday romantic comedy as warm, soothing and disposable as a cup of hot chocolate (...) Despite an uneven quality, the film radiates enough goodwill"	NEU
United Kingdom	Terri White Empire	"While it won’t be remembered as one of the great Christmas films, 'Last Christmas' delivers enough moments of heart and humour to keep the festive spirit alive (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	Benjamin Lee The Guardian	"A clunky, charmless disappointment. 'Last Christmas' is, or at least should be, cancelled (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
United Kingdom	Ian Sandwell Digital Spy	"Emilia Clarke lifts a warm and enjoyable festive movie. But it's not quite something special (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Robbie Collin Telegraph	"Smart is not what the film appears to be going for, and that’s fine. It’s warm and winning and full-body-huggingly unsubtle enough to penetrate the thickest post-Christmas-lunch haze (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
Ireland	Tara Brady Irish Times	"Not a single joke works in this confusing tribute to fandom of 'Love Actually' (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEG
Ireland	Laura Delaney RTÉ	"'Last Christmas' isn't quite a careless whisper but by the time you get to the bonkers twist (...) you'll need to get someone to wake you up before you go-go (…) Rating: ★★½ (out of 5)"	NEU
Ireland	Chris Wasser Irish Independent	"There’s warmth in Emma Thompson’s screenplay, vibrancy in Paul Feig’s direction and an undeniable chemistry between Clarke and Golding (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
Ireland	Deirdre Molumby entertainment.ie	"While Emilia Clarke is lovely, 'Last Christmas' generally fails to make a connection and is much too busy (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
Ireland	Shauna Fox Film Ireland	"It does have a rather poignant insight into the human condition (...) [It is] in my list of movies I will watch every single Christmas"	POS

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