Last Christmas

I have to admit in the build up to Christmas I’m a real sucker for channels like Christmas 24 with their saccharine sweet made for TV xmas movies.

To be fair to Last Christmas it’s better than that and if your idea of a trip to the cinema is something non challenging that is “nice” then this will be right up your street, it is the definition of nice.

There’s a nice story, nice performances a nice happy ending which a film like this is always going to have and there’s a “twist” that is as subtle as a not very subtle thing.

But all that said there’s things to like, Emelia Clark is full of charm, Emma Thompson is wonderfully Emma Thompson and the script has enough laughs and touching moments to keep you entertained.

There is also a little (very little) bit of political commentary looking at attitudes to immigration of a portion of the British population and there’s always a place for that in my book, even as out of place as it felt against the rest of the film.

It is a film that absolutely does all the things it says on the tin and if that’s the tin you want then you won’t be disappointed.

Worked for me enjoyable with enough laughs and charm for a bit of early Christmas cheer.