Last Christmas

Rated PG-13
103 minutes
Starring: Emilia Clarke, Henry Golding, Emma Thompson, Michelle Yeoh

This is a sweet, warm, enchanting, romantic movie.  It came out over the holiday season, but it’s not really about Christmas.  It’s about life and those that you randomly meet who may be just the person you need to meet without realizing it. 
What drew me to the movie, besides the theme song, Last Christmas by George Michael, were the two main actors.  Emilia Clarke, who plays Kate, was also in “Game of Thrones” as Daenerys Targaryen.  The very handsome Henry Golding, who plays Tom, is best known for his role in “Crazy Rich Asians.”
Kate is a down-on-her-luck woman who just can’t seem to catch a break.  She works in a Christmas shop and is cynical of everything.  She leads a crazy life and soon finds out that even her friends are getting tired of her using them.  Then out of the blue she runs into Tom.  A sweet man who wants to show her a different part of her life and the world around her.

The magic of this movie is the relationship that evolves.  But it’s also mysterious.  You can tell they’re falling in love with each other, but there’s something not quite right about Tom.  As Kate is on a quest to find out the answers to who Tom is, she finds out some things about herself that begin changing her world as she sees it.  As she puts the pieces together, we also start putting the pieces together and realize there’s more to the song, Last Christmas, and that it is the heart of the film. 

Library Link: Last Christmas (DVD)


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