. Our romantic lead is down on her luck, drinks her sorrows away, is pessimistic, and is a simply careless employee. Dreaming of a career on the West End stage but never committing to it, she cuts work to attend crushing open auditions. Couch surfing and listless she has a meet-cute with Tom that involves shelf dusting and ends with bird shit in her eye. So far, so crappy. Mysterious Tom is the opposite of Kate: positive and friendly, he volunteers for the homeless, always with a smile.
Not one to see the silver lining, Kate continues to carry the weight of surviving a serious health condition and dealing with a complicated over-bearing mother who wants to wrap her in cotton wool. You’re wondering, when is the big, acceptably sappy, totally in-my-feels moment between the supposed love interests going to happen? Well, it came and went swiftly with nary a sniffle from me. It wasn’t the predictability that was the issue, but the fact that I wasn’t interested in the ending.
The clunky film aims for easy laughs that don’t go past the obligatory ‘ha!’ and has you pulling at your hair because it could have been so much better. The George Michael soundtrack felt like an after-thought, with the songs slotted in rather than tailored to plot moments. Thompson shows her political leanings with a divisive anti-Brexit voice present, which was just fine with me. Perhaps the redeeming quality is the Christmas message that comes through of doing something for others and caring for the fellow man, and how this is what truly leads to happiness. Let that be the takeaway from this unsatisfying Christmas tale.
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