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  • 2001
  • TV-14
  • Shooting Gallery
  • 1 h 13 m
  • 2001
  • TV-14
  • Shooting Gallery
  • 1 h 13 m

Summary Abandoned by her fiance at the airport, a young Russian woman, with child in tow, applies for asylum in England. With her dreams of a better life dampened by the faded seaside resort she must live in during the processing, an unusual friendship develops that gives her hope. A lyrical, beautifully poetic story that earns its deep emotio...

Directed By: Pawel Pawlikowski

Written By: Rowan Joffe, Pawel Pawlikowski

  • 2001
  • TV-14
  • Shooting Gallery
  • 1 h 13 m
  • 2001
  • TV-14
  • Shooting Gallery
  • 1 h 13 m

Last Resort

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 21 Critic Reviews
80
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 5 User Ratings
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Summary Abandoned by her fiance at the airport, a young Russian woman, with child in tow, applies for asylum in England. With her dreams of a better life dampened by the faded seaside resort she must live in during the processing, an unusual friendship develops that gives her hope. A lyrical, beautifully poetic story that earns its deep emotio...

Directed By: Pawel Pawlikowski

Written By: Rowan Joffe, Pawel Pawlikowski

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Metascore
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Generally Favorable Based on 21 Critic Reviews
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100
Thanks to the wonderful performances from both Korzun and Considine, there isn't a forced or dishonest moment on-screen.
By Chris Kaltenbach FULL REVIEW
89
Maddin's movie is, frame for frame, the densest and most spectacular (albeit cardboard-cheap) film playing anywhere.
By Michael Atkinson FULL REVIEW
80
Sweet, melancholy comedy; it's ineffable charm lies entirely in the delivery.
By Ken Fox FULL REVIEW
80
Unsatisfying at a very high level. It fritters away more than most movies ever offer up.
By Peter Rainer FULL REVIEW
75
Quiet, finely etched and beautifully acted by Dina Korzun and the wise-beyond-his-years Artiom Strelnikov.
By Steven Rea FULL REVIEW
75
A must-see.
By Wesley Morris FULL REVIEW
70
Pawlikowski, whose background is in documentary film, has an eye for the menacingly forlorn and elegantly bleak. Last Resort, which was shot without a script and developed largely in collaboration with the actors, is a kind of verité fantasy.
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Generally Favorable Based on 5 User Ratings
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80% Positive
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Production Company BBC Film
Release Date Feb 23, 2001
Duration 1 h 13 m
Rating TV-14
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Awards

Thessaloniki Film Festival
• 4 Wins & 4 Nominations
British Independent Film Awards
• 4 Nominations
Edinburgh International Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations

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