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Last September, The
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Last September, The reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 69 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
6.0 out of 10
based on 23 reviews
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MPAA RATING: R for some violence and sexuality

Starring Maggie Smith, Michael Gambon, and Jane Birkin

An elderly couple reside over a country estate in 1920s Ireland. They have living with them a niece, a nephew and a couple who are homeless and trying to hide this fact. All of these individuals are thrown into turmoil when one more guest arrives.


GENRE(S): Drama  
WRITTEN BY: John Banville
Elizabeth Bowen (novel)
 
DIRECTED BY: Deborah Warner  
RELEASE DATE: DVD: September 26, 2000 
Video: September 26, 2000 
Theatrical: April 21, 2000 
RUNNING TIME: 103 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: UK / Ireland / France 

What The Critics Said

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100
Philadelphia Inquirer Desmond Ryan
Undeniable asset of an A list cast.
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100
Boston Globe Jay Carr
A gorgeous autumnal period piece that catches a vanishing proprietary class on the eve of its extinction in Ireland in 1920.
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90
LA Weekly Chuck Wilson
This is one of those rare times when a credit-heavy gathering of top film talents actually manages to produce a work of art.
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90
Dallas Observer Bill Gallo
Impeccably acted by a fine ensemble cast, it's a sheer pleasure to behold.
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90
Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
A luminous, piercing film from the Elizabeth Bowen novel, richly evokes a world of privilege on the verge of disintegration.
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90
Variety Todd McCarthy
Like hard-edged "Masterpiece Theater."
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88
Chicago Tribune John Petrakis
One of those rare movies that manages to maintain the hushed intensity and claustrophobic anxiety that is normally associated with theater or prose.
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83
Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
There's something Slavic about Warner's storytelling.
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80
Film.com Peter Brunette
A Melancholy Delight. Its pacing will undoubtedly seem too deliberate to some, but I found first-time director Deborah Warner's The Last September a delight from beginning to end.
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75
Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
The movie doesn't have much more get-up-and-go than the characters, but solid performances and richly textured camera work keep it involving most of the way through.
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75
Miami Herald Curtis Morgan
Sad confusions and emotional disconnections are what the story is all about.
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75
San Francisco Chronicle Edward Guthmann
The quality of acting in September, coupled with Idziak's images, warrant a visit.
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70
Village Voice Leslie Camhi
The film's pathos lies not with people who have justice on their side, but with those who don't know where they belong.
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70
Chicago Reader Lisa Alspector
This gorgeous expressionist drama makes the comparisons so effectively at the outset that by the end they seem belabored.
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70
Washington Post Desson Thomson
More interesting for the world it evokes rather than the drama that unfolds.
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67
Portland Oregonian Diana Abu-Jaber
There's enough caustic wit, romance and dizzy whimsy to make The Last September, if not deep, at least diverting.
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63
Baltimore Sun Chris Kaltenbach
Instead of a sweeping epic, this adaptation of a novel by Elizabeth Bowen is much quieter, a work perhaps too understated and stereotypical for its own good.
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50
Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
I'm not sure the movie should have pumped up the melodrama to get us more interested, but something might have helped.
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50
New York Daily News Jack Mathews
Saga too arty for own good.
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50
New York Post Lou Lumenick
Overall, The Last September is a real snooze.
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50
TV Guide Steve Simels
There's a certain built-in poignance to the end-of-an-era proceedings here, regardless of how frostily they're dramatized.
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42
Seattle Post-Intelligencer William Arnold
A botched job: the various relationships and personal histories of the characters are never made clear, the last act is glaringly disjointed, the writing and direction are all over the map.
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30
Austin Chronicle Marjorie Baumgarten
Not even the rich and nuanced performances of stage veterans Smith, Gambon, and Birkin can save this British period drama from languishing amid the story's unfocused longings and unrealistic musings.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this movie is 6.0 (out of 10) based on 2 User Votes
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[Anonymous] gave it a 2:
The movie goes nowhere.

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