- Studio: IFC Films
- Release Date: Mar 23, 2012
- Starring: Natasha Lyonne, Paul Hipp, Shanyn Leigh, Willem Dafoe
- Summary:
- Director: Abel Ferrara
- Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Drama, Fantasy
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 3 out of 14
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Mixed: 11 out of 14
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Negative: 0 out of 14
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75If the end of the world was just hours away, would New Yorkers still be able to get takeout? Yes, if Abel Ferrara's mind-bending 4:44 Last Day on Earth is any indication.
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60Your last day - or, as it happens, the whole planet's last day - will be just like every other one. Mr. Ferrara makes this point with ingenuity and characteristic thrift by using found news footage to provide images of apocalypse.
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60Best of all is the half-surreal, half-touching scene of the couple ordering Chinese delivery - needless to say, the tip is sizable - and inviting the courier to Skype his family one last time and share in a moment of common humanity.
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Mar 22, 201260Dafoe, who also starred in Ferrara's woefully underseen "Go Go Tales," brings a quiet grace to his role, while Leigh has a rough-hewn emotional directness.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 0 out of 3
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Mixed: 2 out of 3
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Negative: 1 out of 3
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