2020
R
Sony Pictures Releasing
1 h 30 m

2020
R
Sony Pictures Releasing
1 h 30 m

Summary The Last Shift is an American story about two men struggling in the same town, while worlds apart. Stanley (Richard Jenkins), an aging fast-food worker, plans to call it quits after 38 years on the graveyard shift at Oscar’s Chicken and Fish. His last weekend takes a turn while training his replacement, Jevon (Shane Paul McGhie), a talen...

Directed By: Andrew Cohn

2020
R
Sony Pictures Releasing
1 h 30 m

2020
R
Sony Pictures Releasing
1 h 30 m

The Last Shift

Name: The Last Shift
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Released: 2020-09-25
Duration: 1 min 30 s
Rating: 58
Cast: Richard Jenkins, Shane Paul McGhie, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Ed O'Neill, Jennifer Engstrom

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 14 Critic Reviews

User Score Mixed or Average Based on 10 User Ratings

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Directed By: Andrew Cohn

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Mixed or Average Based on 14 Critic Reviews

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7% Negative
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Mixed or Average Based on 14 Critic Reviews

50% Positive
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Variety

Sep 23, 2020

A gut punch with a side of anguish.

By Amy Nicholson FULL REVIEW

The Playlist

Sep 29, 2020

One is caught between appreciating Jenkins’s soulful, empathetic performance, and just thinking “fuck that guy,” and wishing the unexpected swerve The Last Shift made was to turn to McGhie’s Jevon, to make Stan an incident in his life, rather than the other way around.

By Jessica Kiang FULL REVIEW

The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

Sep 23, 2020

As much as Stanley wants to believe in binaries – good honest work versus cheating, respect versus irresponsibility – Cohn’s low-key narrative undercuts such disingenuous naivety. Combine that with Jenkins’s slow-burn performance, and you have a film that speaks to, rather than talks down to, its audience.

By Barry Hertz FULL REVIEW

The Film Stage

Sep 23, 2020

There’s a lot to admire here, even it all of it doesn’t work.

By Dan Mecca FULL REVIEW

The New York Times

Sep 24, 2020

So far, so good, in the mismatched maybe-eventual-buddy-comedy department. But the movie, written and directed by Andrew Cohn, wants a deeper dimension, and in pursuing that, goes wrong.

By Glenn Kenny FULL REVIEW

Los Angeles Times

Sep 25, 2020

Cohn, an Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker, likely was aiming for subtlety, but these are not subtle times. Trying to get a spark from a damp match is a lot harder than holding a flame to dry kindling.

By Kevin Crust FULL REVIEW

Movie Nation

Sep 28, 2020

Jenkins is one of my favorite actors, but this strikes me as one he should have passed on. McGhie comes off better, but his character’s background is sloppily sketched-in.

By Roger Moore FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Bona Fide Productions, Park Pictures, Whitewater Films

Release Date Sep 25, 2020

Duration 1 h 30 m

Rating R

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Awards

Heartland International Film Festival

• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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Richard Jenkins

Stanley

Shane Paul McGhie

Jevon

Da'Vine Joy Randolph

Shazz

Ed O'Neill

Dale

Jennifer Engstrom

Waiting Room Visitor

Deron J. Powell

Perry

Allison Tolman

Evelyn

Julian Parker

Brandon

Tracey Bonner

Crystal

Birgundi Baker

Sydney

Cairo McCarter

Carter

Carter McCarter

Carter

Lyle Miller

Charles

Alex Stein

Rich

Dano Duran

Fernando

Tara Mallen

Angry Customer

Jay Worthington

Sam

Bradley Grant Smith

Donte

John Gawlik

Police Officer #1

Ronald L. Conner

Police Officer #2

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