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The Last Time (2006)

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Average Rating: 4.6/10
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Average Rating: 3.8/10
Critic Reviews: 6
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Movie Info

A cynical New York salesman (Michael Keaton) finds his scornful ways unexpectedly softened upon falling for the fianc�e of his new business partner (Brendan Fraser), a Midwest transplant attempting to find his footing in the city, in screenwriter-turned-director Michael Caleo's feature directorial debut. The Bindview Company is a firm comfortably nestled in a corporate park that specializes in a highly profitable product. Ted (Keaton) is a former Northwestern University literature professor who

R, 1 hr. 37 min.

Drama, Comedy

Directed By: Michael Caleo

Written By: Michael Caleo

In Theaters: May 18, 2007 Wide

On DVD: Jul 10, 2007

Sony Pictures Entertainment

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Critic Reviews for The Last Time

All Critics (19) | Top Critics (8) | Fresh (6) | Rotten (11) | DVD (2)

[Writer-director] Caleo isn't able to sell The Last Time -- not the affair and especially not the ludicrous twist ending.

May 18, 2007 Full Review Source: New York Post

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Lou Lumenick

New York Post

Top Critic

Feels like a script that was written backwards, as if the twist ending occurred to [writer-director] Caleo first and he then filled out a story to get to it. Fair enough, except getting there in this case is just no fun.

May 18, 2007 Full Review Source: New York Daily News

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Jack Mathews

New York Daily News

Top Critic

Strives for contemporary noir in tone but feels closer to an ineffective parody of James M. Cain filtered through faux David Mamet dialogue.

May 18, 2007 Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times

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Kevin Crust

Los Angeles Times

Top Critic

While his cast is first-rate, director-writer Michael Caleo doesn't know quite what his movie is about.

May 17, 2007 Full Review Source: Newsday

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John Anderson

Newsday

Top Critic

For all the good work that went into it, the movie is as phony as a game of three-card monte.

May 16, 2007 Full Review Source: New York Observer

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Rex Reed

New York Observer

Top Critic

Akin to hip-hop culture's misappropriation of Scarface as a tale of gangsta empowerment, writer-director Michael Caleo crudely latches onto the surface misanthropy of David Mamet's work to fuel his forgettable first feature.

May 15, 2007 Full Review Source: Village Voice

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Aaron Hillis

Village Voice

Top Critic

Love LaBute? Mad for Mamet? Well, let me introduce you to Michael Caleo.

August 27, 2008 Full Review Source: ReelzChannel.com

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Heather Huntington

ReelzChannel.com Source: ReelzChannel.com

Finding the all-important Achilles heel is the central focus of The Last Time, a routine office drama with a love triangle that unexpectedly turns into a biting character study.

November 26, 2007 Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile

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A melodramatic disaster.

August 10, 2007 Full Review Source: EricDSnider.com

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Eric D. Snider

EricDSnider.com

Seemingly developed at the David Mamet Institute for Twist-Laden Salesmen Dramas.

August 6, 2007 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine

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Nick Schager

Slant Magazine

Wildly entertaining ... Skillfully walks a fine line between black comedy and intense drama ... It's one of the year's best.

July 5, 2007 Full Review Source: FulvueDrive-in.com

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Chuck O'Leary

FulvueDrive-in.com

A clever and twisty calling card for filmmaker Michael Caleo.

May 21, 2007 Full Review Source: Film Journal International

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Frank Lovece

Film Journal International

If this isn't the most irritating film I've seen this year, it's close. No, I take that back. It is the most irritating film I've seen all year.

May 20, 2007 Full Review Source: tonymedley.com

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Tony Medley

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A little bit nutty and pretty entertaining in a thoroughly unconvincing way. And watch out for that 11th-hour twist -- it's a head snapper.

May 18, 2007 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide

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Maitland McDonagh

TV Guide's Movie Guide

It alternates between bleak cynicism and a genuinely romantic sensibility, and this unusual combination makes the movie a great vehicle for Keaton and Valletta, and a compelling drama for the audience.

May 18, 2007 Comment

Jim Hemphill

Reel.com

exists to pad the resume of everyone whose name appears in the credits.

May 18, 2007 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com

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Matt McKillop

Filmcritic.com

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This was a good movie, I really didn't see the twist coming at all. The cast were all great and it was nice to see Brendon Fraser out of his lame action rut.

February 6, 2008

Nicki Marie

Super Reviewer

This was a surprisingly good movie. Its a good drama with a little bit of black and satirical comedy. It has a solid and convncing plot, the story about Jamie, a supposedly happy guy who arrives to NY with his fiancee Balisa to work as a salesman where he meets Ted, another some kind of bitter and unfriendly

August 28, 2007