Last Night

Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum

A surreal, elegantly melancholy, and yet witty ensemble story.

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.

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.

Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt

A gifted cast and a surprisingly delicate ending are the movie's best assets.

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

As the final hour approaches for the characters in Last Night, there are moments of startling poignancy.

New York Daily News Jack Mathews

Though the film is dark and the ideas run deep, it's perversely fun to think about.

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.

San Francisco Examiner Wesley Morris

A shockingly eloquent, nearly moving feat of Y2K-trendiness.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold

Rather incredibly ends up being a kind of inspirational upper.

New York Post Jonathan Foreman

A rare and welcome reminder of how original, provocative and moving a low-budget independent film can be.

Village Voice Amy Taubin

A witty, trenchant script, lots of complicated characters, and a few actors who turn human frailty into something nearly sublime.

Washington Post Stephen Hunter

An end-of-the-world movie like no other.

Los Angeles Times Jan Stuart

A mordantly funny and shrewdly understated millennial fantasy.

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.

LA Weekly Steven Leigh Morris

Strangely uplifting, a kind of ode to how on Earth we think we're passing the time.

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.

The New York Times Stephen Holden

Softening that apocalyptic undercurrent is a counter-strain of quiet nobility.

Dallas Observer Bill Gallo

An engaging preapocalyptic fantasy.

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.

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.

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

There are poignant moments in this apocalyptic "what if" exercise.

Newsweek Anjali Arora

There's an ample sense of foreboding in Last Night -- but sadly, very little else.

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.