Rent Last Christmas (2019)
3.2 of 5 from 362 ratings
1h 39min
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- Synopsis:
- From director Paul Feig and Academy Award-winning' screenwriter Emma Thompson comes a heartfelt romantic comedy inspired by the unforgettable music of George Michael. Emilia Clarke stars as Kate, who works as an elf at a year-round holiday shop. Kate faces an endless streak of bad luck and poor decision-making until she meets Tom (Henry Golding), a kind-hearted man with a mysterious past who challenges her cynical world view. It seems like nothing can keep this mismatched couple together, but sometimes you gotta listen to your heart...and you gotta have faith.
- Actors:
- Madison Ingoldsby, Emma Thompson, Boris Isakovic, Lucy Miller, Emilia Clarke, Maxim Baldry, Margaret Clunie, John-Luke Roberts, Michelle Yeoh, Bilal Zafar, Patti Lupone, Lydia Leonard, Henry Golding, Michael Addo, Peter Mygind, Rob Delaney, Peter Serafinowicz, Sara Powell, Ranjit Singh Shubh, Ritu Arya
- Directors:
- Paul Feig
- Producers:
- Erik Baiers, Jessie Henderson, David Livingstone, Emma Thompson
- Writers:
- George Michael, Emma Thompson
- Studio:
- Universal Pictures
- Genres:
- Comedy, Romance
- Collections:
- Getting to Know..., Getting to Know: Emma Thompson
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 16/03/2020
- Run Time:
- 103 minutes
- Languages:
- Anglicized English Audio Description, English DTS-HD Master Audio 7.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.00:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- With Alternate Opening and Ending, Deleted Scenes and Blooper Reel
- Director in Vision
- Try Not to Laugh
- Pure Golding
- Emilia Recording Session Feature Commentary with Director Paul Feig and Co-Writer Emma Thompson
- and much more!
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Reviews (12) of Last Christmas
A Likeable Rom-Com - Last Christmas review by AB
This likeable romantic comedy is just the thing to cheer you up during these worrying times. Emilia Clarke plays Kate, a selfish, careless young woman who meets Tom, a kind, compassionate man. We discover the reason why she is so cynical later in the film. Tom is mysterious and appears to be hiding something. We thought we had that figured out, but we were wrong! Emma Thompson plays an East European matriarch, Kate's mother, to great effect. Light-hearted, easy to watch, we really enjoyed it.
4 out of 4 members found this review helpful.
Soppy, Slushy, Icky, Woke Seasonal Romcom, mainly for teen girls maybe - Last Christmas review by PV
Well what to say about this. Great music, yes - though one objection. In the credits DECK THE HALLS (sic) is credited to Thomas Oliphant 19th C musician. BUT the tune is traditional Welsh, as WIki says: "Deck the Halls" (originally titled "Deck the Hall") is a traditional Christmas carol. The melody is Welsh, dating back to the sixteenth century,[1] and belongs to a winter carol, "Nos Galan", while the English lyrics, written by the Scottish musician Thomas Oliphant, date to 1862.'
Anyway, this is really aimed square at women and teenage girls - it's a child's film really. One could call it 'emotional pornography' like Mills and Boon or romantic TV drama (Bridgerton et all). Romantic interest fantasy.
The plot is very slushy, icky and odd. I found the litterless London hilarious and the lack of crime too. And btw half of homeless people in London have homes - in Eastern Europe, and yet all homeless people here are stereotype tramps with trousers held up with string. It's panto time!
Clearly made to appeal to the Chinese market, though what these conservative viewers make of the irritating main character's behaviour, I do not know.
2 out of 2 members found this review helpful.
Not great - Last Christmas review by AL
We lasted 13.01 minutes I'm afraid. Really wanted to watch this, love Emelia Clarke and Emma Thompson, but this just didn't grab us at all. Perhaps if we didn't have so much else to watch we would've watched to the end, but with plenty of other things to see, we weren't willing to carry on viewing.
1 out of 4 members found this review helpful.