Last Christmas

Slate's Spoiler Specials

Slate Podcasts

Tv & Film, Tv Reviews, Film Reviews

3.6 • 724 Ratings

🗓️ 8 November 2019

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

On the Spoiler Special podcast, Slate critics discuss movies, the occasional TV show, and, once in a blue moon, another podcast, in full spoiler-filled detail. This week, Slate staffers Marissa Martinelli, Inkoo Kang and Heather Schwedel spoil Last Christmas. Emilia Clarke’s character, Kate, is a walking disaster. She’s working as Santa’s elf when she meets Tom (Henry Golding), who tries to help her get back on her feet. He’s charming and handsome. And he has a good heart. Something they both share. But what’s Tom’s real motive? Why does Kate’s heart feel funky? And what does Brexit have to do with any of this? You can read Inkoo Kang’s review here. Note: As the title indicates, this podcast contains spoilers galore. Email us at [email protected]. Podcast production by Rosemary Belson. Hosts Marissa Martinelli is a Slate assistant editor. Inkoo Kang is a staff writer in Slate’s culture department. She writes about movies, television, and more. Heather Schwedel is a Slate staff writer. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	I want to tell you my secret now.
0:02.0	I see dead people.
0:05.0	Silent green is people!
0:09.0	No, I am the father.
0:13.0	Oh, Rushberg.
0:17.0	What's in the box?
0:20.0	You made it! You blew it up! What's in the box?
0:22.6	You maniac!
0:24.6	You blow it up!
0:27.7	Damn you all the hell!
0:31.9	Hello and welcome to another Slate spoiler special.
0:36.9	I'm Marissa Martinelli, an assistant editor here at Slate, and this week we're spoiling Last Christmas,
0:54.5	a romantic comedy starring Amelia Clark as a woman who works in a Christmas shop and Henry Golding as the mysterious stranger who helps her out of her self-destructive rut. I'm here today with two Slate staff writers, joining us from the West Coast through the magic of Christmas wishes. And also Skype is Ingu Kang. Hi, Ingu.
0:55.6	Hello, hello.
0:58.7	And here in the studio, we have Heather Schwedell.
0:59.3	Hey, Heather.
1:00.3	Hey, Marissa.
1:08.0	So before we dive in to the bizarro plot of this movie, I want to get your general impressions.
1:09.9	Ingu, let's start with you.
1:12.5	Instead of our usual thumbs up, thumbs down,
1:21.7	let's say naughty or nice. It gives me absolutely no joy to give this movie a naughty. I think my viewing experience was I just sort of like sat there waiting to like the movie and it just like never happened.
1:29.4	All right, Angu, you'll be our Grinch for this conversation because I think I know what Heather's
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