4:44 Last Day on Earth

Name: 4:44 Last Day on Earth
Genre: Sci-Fi, Drama, Fantasy
Released: March 23, 2012
Duration: 85 min
Rating: 54
Cast: Natasha Lyonne, Paul Hipp, Shanyn Leigh, Willem Dafoe

2012

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IFC Films | Release Date: March 23, 2012 | Not Rated

Starring: Natasha Lyonne, Paul Hipp, Shanyn Leigh, Willem Dafoe

Summary: In a large apartment high above the city lives our couple. They’re in love. She’s a painter, he’s a successful actor. Just a normal afternoon - except that this isn’t a normal afternoon, for them or anyone else. Because tomorrow, at 4:44 am, give or take a few seconds, the world will come to an end far more rapidly than even the worstIn a large apartment high above the city lives our couple. They’re in love. She’s a painter, he’s a successful actor. Just a normal afternoon - except that this isn’t a normal afternoon, for them or anyone else. Because tomorrow, at 4:44 am, give or take a few seconds, the world will come to an end far more rapidly than even the worst doomsayer could have imagined. The meltdown will come, not without warnings, but with no means of escape. There will be no survivors. As always, there are those who, as their cigarette is being lit and the blindfold tightened, will still hope against hope for some kind of reprieve. For a miracle. Not our two lovers. They - like the majority of the Earth’s population - have accepted their fate; the world is going to end. (IFC Films)… Expand

Director: Abel Ferrara

Genre(s): Sci-Fi, Drama, Fantasy

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 85 min

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V.A. Musetto

Mar 23, 2012

If the end of the world was just hours away, would New Yorkers still be able to get takeout? Yes, if Abel Ferrara's mind-bending 4:44 Last Day on Earth is any indication. Read full review

Sam Adams

Mar 21, 2012

The improvised dialogue takes hairpin turns, some less fruitful than others, holding onto just enough traces of structure to sustain the film's brief length. Read full review

Movieline Stephanie Zacharek

Mar 23, 2012

The picture is also weirdly compelling, maybe most notably for the way Dafoe's character - who is, in this respect, perhaps a stand-in for the Bronx-born Ferrara - seems to be grappling less with the idea that the world is ending than that the city is ending. Read full review

Owen Gleiberman

Mar 21, 2012

One of Dafoe's deadbeat friends observes, ''The world's been ending ever since it started, man,'' and you may think the same thing about this movie. Read full review

Walter Addiego

Apr 20, 2012

The movie is probably best appreciated by devotees of the cult director, who has made some good films and some interesting ones (and some that are both): "King of New York," "Bad Lieutenant," "The Addiction." "4:44" isn't quite in that company. Read full review

Scott Bowles

Mar 22, 2012

An hour into Earth and we're waiting for the film to end, not just the planet. Read full review

Joshua Rothkopf

Mar 20, 2012

Let's not make 4:44 Last Day on Earth sound cooler than it is. Compared with Lars von Trier's histrionically doomed "Melancholia," the film lacks any serious attempt to grapple with mortality. Read full review

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MegWhiteley

Mar 26, 2012

This is a good intention to do a good sci-fi film, but is not the better example, have much mistakes, the story is same like the other films. The cast have good (but not excellent) performances. If I need select between 4:44 Last Day on Earth and The Darkest Hour, I select this movie.

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Mac007

Jan 21, 2021

This is basically a porn flick that involves the end of the world. I'm glad I saw this for free on TV as I would consider it a waste of my money.

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aud1969

Dec 14, 2012

this movie was sick - like frickin gross! dafoe was possibly old enough to be his costar's great-grandfather. i wouldn't be surprised if a local ministry for children was on the casting individual's back. so creepy and uncomfortable watching certain scences. i'm sure for certain scences theythis movie was sick - like frickin gross! dafoe was possibly old enough to be his costar's great-grandfather. i wouldn't be surprised if a local ministry for children was on the casting individual's back. so creepy and uncomfortable watching certain scences. i'm sure for certain scences they had to have a fan blowing up his wrinkles to allow for her to breathe when he leaned down for a kiss (extremely disturbing). yuck, & i likED W, Dafoe. SO DISGUSTING.

horrible movie- i want my$ back.… Expand

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