Welcome to the third day of Christmas for our 12 Days of Christmas Rom Coms!
Up until now, weve watch some older holiday movies.
Join me as we watch 2019sLast Christmas!
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Lets react to Last Christmas!
Kate is a bit of a disaster.
She sucks at her job as the elf of a Christmas store.
She keeps missing or totally bombing her singing auditions.
Shes couch-surfing because she has no place to stay.
(And it doesnt hurt that hes super cute.
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We see you, Henry Golding.)
Sounds like a pretty good movie, right?
And yet, it came and went in theaters with very little fanfare.
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In fact, it has aRotten Tomato rating of only 46%.
I think you and I can agree that is a mis-read.
This movie is good!
So why didnt it do well?
I have a theory that its all thanks to the wow, this girl is such a disaster trope.
As far as romance tropes, that kind of plot is tired.
Its something youd see in a 90s or early 00s rom-com, not something for a modern audience.
Arent we done with having a female main character who needs saving in 2019 (and 2024)?
But lets be real for a second.
This movie is still good.
If it had come out decades ago, it would have been a smash hit.
Watching this today for the first time since seeing it in theaters five years ago, I still sobbed.
I cant be the only one.
So sure, the writing for the main character is a little tired.
And did I want to cry today?
