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Why you need to watch Last Christmas this November

Get ready for festive romantic comedy Last Christmas, the ideal film to kick-start your countdown to the big day

Thursday 07 November 2019 18:05 GMT

She is a free spirit – a young woman who is hiding from her past while making ends meet working as an elf in an all-year-round Christmas shop in London. He is an optimist, insightful, unusual – a young man who volunteers at a homeless shelter, lives in the moment and doesn’t even have a mobile phone...

Introducing this year’s must-see romantic comedy... Last Christmas is a tale of love in multiple forms: romantic love, self love, love for the truly magical city of London, and love for the most wonderful time of the year.

Starring Emilia Clarke (Game of Thrones) as the film’s leading lady, Kate, and Henry Golding (Crazy Rich Asians) as its leading man, Tom, this Christmas classic-in-the-making features Academy Award® winner Emma Thompson as Kate’s domineering mother Petra and Michelle Yeoh as her hardworking boss Santa.

This new romantic comedy from Bridesmaids director Paul Feig and co-written by Emma Thompson ticks all the boxes.

An iconic George Michael and Wham! soundtrack

Featuring the music of George Michael and Wham!, ​Last Christmas was inspired by the George Michael song of the same name. The film includes his unreleased (never-before-heard) song 'This Is How (We Want You to Get High)'. The soundtrack to the movie will delight fans of the Grammy Award-winning artist as much as it will fans of the festive season.

“A great Christmas movie should be about love, family, redemption and happiness," says Last Christmas director Paul Feig – the man who gifted the world Bridesmaids.

"Our film is so emotional in places, then really funny; it’s also charming and beautiful… London is a city I just have such a love for and have my whole life. I wanted to show the city the way I see it and the way I appreciate it. All these elements go together to create this fully immersive, emotional experience that is what I think to be the ultimate Christmas tale.”

Festive feel-good film

Do you believe life would be so much better if we spent less time looking down (at our phones) and more time looking up? Have you been waiting for a Love Actually Mark II? Do you really, really, really love Christmas in London? Last Christmas is the must-see film with friends.

For a yuletide treat you won’t forget, book tickets to Last Christmas now – the festive feel-good film of the decade that will see you crying with laughter and love.

Last Christmas is in cinemas 15 November. Book tickets now at LastChristmasMovie.co.uk

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