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  • 2009
  • R
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 52 m
  • 2009
  • R
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 52 m

Summary After almost fifty years of marriage, the Countess Sofya, Leo Tolstoy’s devoted wife, passionate lover, muse and secretary—she’s copied out War and Peace six times…by hand!—suddenly finds her entire world turned upside down. In the name of his newly created religion, the great Russian novelist has renounced his noble title, his property ...

Directed By: Michael Hoffman

Written By: Jay Parini, Michael Hoffman

  • 2009
  • R
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 52 m
  • 2009
  • R
  • Sony Pictures Classics
  • 1 h 52 m
The Last Station
Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 34 Critic Reviews
76
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 27 User Ratings
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Summary After almost fifty years of marriage, the Countess Sofya, Leo Tolstoy’s devoted wife, passionate lover, muse and secretary—she’s copied out War and Peace six times…by hand!—suddenly finds her entire world turned upside down. In the name of his newly created religion, the great Russian novelist has renounced his noble title, his property ...

Directed By: Michael Hoffman

Written By: Jay Parini, Michael Hoffman

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 34 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 34 Critic Reviews
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88% Positive
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12% Mixed
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This production, directed by Michael Hoffman, is like a great night at the theatre--the two performing demons go at each other full tilt and produce scenes of Shakespearean affection, chagrin, and rage.
By David Denby FULL REVIEW
88
It is edifying, it is emotionally engaging, it is embraceable.
By Mike Scott FULL REVIEW
88
Helen Mirren outdoes even her Oscar-winning performance in "The Queen" with her tour de force as Countess Sofya Tolstoy in Michael Hoffman's delightful The Last Station.
By Lou Lumenick FULL REVIEW
80
Solid middlebrow biographical fare in which meaty roles are acted to the hilt by a cast more than ready for the feast.
By Todd McCarthy FULL REVIEW
75
Some women are simply sexy forever. Helen Mirren is a woman like that. She's 64. As she enters her 70s, we'll begin to develop a fondness for sexy septuagenarians.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
67
Little more than a gilded trifle, though it offers its share of light enjoyments.
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Working with uneven material, the illustrious cast is too often stranded in a realm of tony, high-art camp.
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Generally Favorable Based on 27 User Ratings
7.6
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4% Mixed
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Generally Favorable Based on 27 User Ratings
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7% Negative
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Production Company Egoli Tossell Pictures, Zephyr Films, Egoli Tossell Film Halle, Production Center of Andrei Konchalovsky, SamFilm Produktion
Release Date Dec 4, 2009
Duration 1 h 52 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline Intoxicating. Infuriating. Impossible. Love.
Website http://www.sonyclassics.com/thelaststation/
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Awards

Academy Awards, USA
• 2 Nominations
Golden Globes, USA
• 2 Nominations
Film Independent Spirit Awards
• 5 Nominations

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