Review of Last Christmas (2019) by Kenr — 04 Aug 2020

Amazing how many people still line up to see Christmas movies. This one is yet another of those so-called Christmas ‘holiday season ‘movies that are as much about Christmas as that Bonny Bouncing Bunny is to Easter. It’s somewhat of a ‘La La Land’ wanna-be, without the easygoing feel and charm that one at least offered. Some of the dialogue and situations are crass and the sleep-around, female ‘Christmas Elf’’, didn’t help whatsoever. This thankless girl is actually cared for – but does she deserve it? The sudden turn to being a supernatural feel good/bad fantasy surprise --was a bit of a difficult twist to take-- especially amongst all the rather superficial PC philosophising being shovelled around like the fake ‘santa’ snow in the gutters of ole London. The cast tried but with the sour- treacle script reaching for heights it didn’t quite earn, it was mostly uphill.

Maybe fine for the easily pleased or woke ‘idealists’. A movie based on a song, with other songs in the background that didn’t quite fit the subject.