It's only days away from Christmas, so Ed (Martin Drop), Charlie (James Williams) and Steven (Gabriel Armentano) throw a party in their apartment, before they and their friends leave for their families in various parts of the country – and abroad even. Quite naturally, they also invite their girlfriends, not knowing that all their relationships are at a breaking point:

Steven and Caroline (Anna Clare Kerr) have a fling – at least that’s how he interpreted it, she actually thought it was more, and finding out how Steven thinks about their relationship, and at the party, too, breaks her heart - and it doesn’t get any better when she catches him making out with Melissa (Rosie C. Dean).

Ed has to leave for his native South Africa the morning after the party, and he hasn’t yet got a visa to come back. Problem is, he hasn’t told his girlfriend for two and a half years Jun (Lainey Woo) yet that he might not be able to come back, and when she finds out, and not from him but from Charlie, she’s understandably mad.

Laura (Samantha Brooks) is in love with Charlie, but he was unwilling to commit until she ended her long distance relationship with her high school sweetheart – which she did only prior to the party, and thus nothing stands in the way of … well, they do end up having sex. There’s one problem though, he has always felt somewhat drawn to Caroline, and now that she has all those problems with Steven, she naturally needs a shoulder to lean on, maybe more …

The Last Christmas Party is a film that doesn’t even claim to have the answers in all things relationship, it’s much more a slice-of-life movie that favors storytelling over making a point and naturalism (also mirrored in the performances of the ensemble cast) over spectacle – and that works, because the story, or rather three stories, feel real and relatable, and the way they’re intertwined – told one after the other despite happening at the same time – really adds to the attraction of this movie, as each story has repercussions onto the others, that are really only found out once everything’s said and done, making this a rather fascinating cinematic puzzle.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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