[DVD Last]
Last Christmas was a November 2019 theatrical release, timed to tap into the obvious holiday movie crowds. It was an interesting mix of “typical romcom Christmas movie”, which you see a lot of on television in the final months of the year, and character study of a life in decline.
Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones, Solo: A Star Wars Story)
plays Kate, a young woman whose life is, for the most part, on the rocks and
who seems to be careening from one personal and emotional disaster to another —
especially distressing at the beginning of the holiday season. And especially
as she works, dressed as an elf, in a year-round Christmas-themed store. Henry
Golding (Crazy Rich Asians)
plays Tom, the charming, witty, humorous young man Kate encounters on the city
streets one day with his bicycle.
An unlikely and unpredictable friendship develops between these two, and the plot involves several unexpected twists before an emotional ending. That’s all one can really say about Last Christmas without spoiling the story. I’ve run into several people who really ended up disliking Last Christmas, but I’m not one of those folks. Strong performances, and an abundant reliance on George Michael’s music made this an excellent film, in my opinion.
[ Internet Movie Database entry for this film ] | [ official Last Christmas web site ]
Recommended by Scott C.
Bennett Martin Public Library – Public Service
Have you watched this one?
What did you think? Did you find this review helpful?
New reviews appear every month on the Staff
Recommendations page of the BookGuide website. You can visit that
page to see them all, or watch them appear here in the BookGuide Blog
individually over the course of the entire month. Click the tag for the
reviewer's name to see more of this reviewer’s recommendations!
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment