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Last Night
Lions Gate Films Inc.
MPAA RATING: R for sexuality, language and brief violence
Starring
Don McKellar,
David Cronenberg,
Genevieve Bujold,
Sandra Oh,
and
Callum Keith Rennie
The world isn't coming to an end just yet -- there are still six hours left! During the last day on planet Earth, everyone has his or her own unique way of preparing for the end. (Lions Gate Films)
| GENRE(S): |
Drama
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Don McKellar
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Don McKellar
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: March 28, 2000
Video: March 28, 2000
Theatrical: November 5, 1999
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| RUNNING TIME: |
93 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
Canada |
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91
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
A surreal, elegantly melancholy, and yet witty ensemble story.
81
Mr. Showbiz
Michael Atkinson
Easily the best millennial movie, Don McKellar's Last Night is also the only one to use the idea of apocalyptic end-time as a vehicle to explore the absurdity of human desire.
75
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Stack
Writer and first-time director Don McKellar, also one of the film's stars, makes the plot gimmick an inventive jumping-off point for an exploration of humanity in a state of quiet panic.
75
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
A gifted cast and a surprisingly delicate ending are the movie's best assets.
75
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
As the final hour approaches for the characters in Last Night, there are moments of startling poignancy.
75
New York Daily News
Jack Mathews
Though the film is dark and the ideas run deep, it's perversely fun to think about.
75
Miami Herald
Phoebe Flowers
A slight movie, and in the end you wish it said a little more, but it is also a startlingly honest production. When it's all over, you can't imagine it being any other way.
75
San Francisco Examiner
Wesley Morris
A shockingly eloquent, nearly moving feat of Y2K-trendiness.
75
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold
Rather incredibly ends up being a kind of inspirational upper.
75
New York Post
Jonathan Foreman
A rare and welcome reminder of how original, provocative and moving a low-budget independent film can be.
70
Village Voice
Amy Taubin
A witty, trenchant script, lots of complicated characters, and a few actors who turn human frailty into something nearly sublime.
70
Washington Post
Stephen Hunter
An end-of-the-world movie like no other.
70
Los Angeles Times
Jan Stuart
A mordantly funny and shrewdly understated millennial fantasy.
67
Austin Chronicle
Steve Davis
In contemplating whether the world will end with a bang or a whimper, it reveals a little something of the human condition as we enter a new age.
60
LA Weekly
Steven Leigh Morris
Strangely uplifting, a kind of ode to how on Earth we think we're passing the time.
60
Film.com
Henry Cabot Beck
A smart and somber little film with some decent performances and a few sharp observations about function and futility, but I can't help wishing that the picture, like it's characters, had not gone quite so gentle into that good night.
60
The New York Times
Stephen Holden
Softening that apocalyptic undercurrent is a counter-strain of quiet nobility.
60
Dallas Observer
Bill Gallo
An engaging preapocalyptic fantasy.
50
Film.com
Gemma Files
If the current flood of pre-millennial tension movies teaches us nothing else, it demonstrates how desperate we've all become to see whether we could make our peace in the time provided, if forced to by circumstances beyond our control.
50
Chicago Reader
Lisa Alspector
The narrative emphasizes coincidences, but they're nicely understated. If it didn't seem gimmicky and self-indulgent...the movie might be more affecting.
50
TV Guide
Maitland McDonagh
There are poignant moments in this apocalyptic "what if" exercise.
50
Newsweek
Anjali Arora
There's an ample sense of foreboding in Last Night -- but sadly, very little else.
40
TNT RoughCut
Matt Kelsey
The actors share much of the screen time but the viewer never quite gets the chance to relate to each one individually.
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