Last Christmas (film)

Last Christmas
Theatrical release poster
Directed byPaul Feig
Screenplay by
Story by
Based onLast Christmas
by Wham!
Produced by
  • David Livingstone
  • Emma Thompson
  • Paul Feig
  • Jessie Henderson
Starring
CinematographyJohn Schwartzman
Edited byBrent White
Music byTheodore Shapiro
Production
companies
Distributed byUniversal Pictures
Release dates
  • 8 November 2019 (2019-11-08) (United States)
  • 15 November 2019 (2019-11-15) (United Kingdom)
Running time
103 minutes[1]
Countries
  • United Kingdom
  • United States
LanguageEnglish
Budget$25–30 million[2][3]
Box office$123.4 million[2][4]

Last Christmas is a 2019 romantic comedy film directed by Paul Feig and written by Bryony Kimmings and Emma Thompson, who co-developed the story concept with her husband, Greg Wise. Named after the 1984 song of the same name and inspired by the music of George Michael and Wham!, the film stars Emilia Clarke as a disillusioned Christmas store worker who forms a relationship with a mysterious man (Henry Golding) and begins to fall for him; Emma Thompson and Michelle Yeoh also star.

Last Christmas was theatrically released in the United States on 8 November 2019 and in the United Kingdom on 15 November 2019 by Universal Pictures. It received mixed reviews from critics, who praised the performances and chemistry of Clarke and Golding, but criticised the screenplay and story. The film grossed $123 million worldwide.

  1. ^ "Last Christmas". British Board of Film Classification. Retrieved 28 September 2019.
  2. ^ a b "Last Christmas (2019)". Box Office Mojo. IMDb. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  3. ^ Mendelson, Scott (3 October 2019). "Box Office: Universal And The Respectable, Sustainable, Not Bad, Pretty Good Year". Forbes. Retrieved 4 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Last Christmas (2019)". The Numbers. Retrieved 3 January 2020.