Last Christmas
- 2019 film
Romantic comedy in which a shop assistant strikes up a friendship with a customer who helps her confront some of the shortcomings in her life. Stars Emilia Clarke, Henry Golding, Michelle Yeoh, Emma Thompson, Ritu Arya and more.
- Repeated Sunday at 9pm on BBC3
Streaming rank this week: 207
Press clippings
Last Christmas is the perfect Brexit festive movie
Thank you, Last Christmas, for showing us who we are, and for allowing us to laugh at ourselves. Whether you meant to or not.
Hadley Freeman, The Guardian, 7th December 2019Emilia Clarke interview
As she stars in this year's Christmas feelgood movie, Emilia Clarke talks about the intense scrutiny of Game of Thrones, how she coped with the brain haemorrhage that almost killed her - and why we all need to escape reality sometimes.
Eva Wiseman, The Observer, 1st December 2019Why is the terrible Last Christmas box office gold?
Written by Emma Thompson, directed by Paul Feig of Bridesmaids, soundtracked by George Michael - and panned by critics. Why are audiences flocking to see it?
Dylan B Jones, The Guardian, 21st November 2019Last Christmas: review
There were fine performances from Henry Golding and Emma Thompson (co-writer) as Kate's Yugoslavian mother. She delivered some of the best lines and was a wonderful breath of fresh air and vibrancy to the film. A disappointment and a big one at that was the relationship between Kate and Tom.
Tiemo Talk of the Town, 20th November 2019Last Christmas: hearts, history and Heal the Pain
Does the trailer reveal too much? Did anyone bother to check the dates of the Yugoslav wars? And can a George Michael vehicle really be as sexless as a stollen? Warning: this article contains spoilers.
Guy Lodge, The Guardian, 19th November 2019Last Christmas review - cliched festive failure
It seems fitting at this point to use one of the hoariest of film criticism cliches and say that this was a film that lingered long after I left the cinema. In this case, it lingered in the form of a tension headache caused by 103 minutes of mortified wincing.
Wendy Ide, The Observer, 17th November 2019Last Christmas review
Emilia Clarke shines brightly in this twinkly London rom-com.
BBC, 16th November 2019Emilia Clarke and Emma Thompson on Last Christmas
One thing we definitely aren't going to do in this article is give away any spoilers about Last Christmas. Apart from anything else, we're quite scared of Dame Emma Thompson.
Steven McIntosh, BBC, 14th November 2019Our love-hate relationship with Xmas movie schmaltz
Cheesy, sentimental and ridiculous: festive films' creators and stars including Joanna Page and Kristin Davis explain their enduring appeal.
Jessica Barrett, i Newspaper, 13th November 2019Last Christmas review
The attempt here is to make a contemporary rom-com, in the style of the beloved British hits Love Actually and Notting Hill but with the stars of today. As it turns out, Clarke has more chemistry with CGI dragons than Golding, who himself acts like he's only occupying time in London before the flight to Singapore to shoot the sequel to Crazy Rich Asians (a much worthier modern rom-com).
Musanna Ahmed, The Upcoming, 11th November 2019