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Wes Bentley and Winona Ryder star in director/screenwriter Geoff Haley's darkly comic romance centering on the relationship between a writer specializing in suicide notes and the unsuspecting sister of his most recent client. Evan Merck (Bentley) is a reclusive, Los Angeles-based writer whose unique way with words has earned him an unusual career as a professional suicide note scribe. One day, while attending the funeral of a dearly departed client, Evan forms a close connection with the
Apr 21, 2009
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Pushes the eccentric without creating believable characters.
It is a fitfully engaging, suitably bittersweet romance with some well-played scenes and an upbeat ending.
...surprisingly compelling...
A movie of some touching and humorous moments, The Last Call is ultimately an unsuccessful effort to make a poignant dark comedy about an Angelino writer who makes a living by composing suicide notes.
The script may be intelligent, but there just aren't enough memorable lines or performances to make you keep coming back for more.
Is this where The Last Word really wants to go? Into flimsy cliché?
Unique idea. Very slow moving, but kind of liked it, and nice to see Winona in a more recent film too.
March 28, 2010Super Reviewer
Wes Bentley, Winona Ryder, Ray Romano DIRECTED BY: Geoffrey Haley A man (Bentley) who makes his living composing other people's suicide notes enters into a romance with the sister (Ryder) of a recent client. Morbid, odd, funny, and dark. That is the best way I can describe this movie. Not a feel good movie and not
January 23, 2010
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