Last Orders (2002)
79 %
Reviews Counted: 80 Fresh: 63 Rotten:17 Average Rating: 7/10
Consensus:
With a cast that includes some of the best acting talent in Britain, Last Orders is a rewarding character-driven ensemble piece.
Runtime: 1 hr 50 mins
Theatrical Release: Feb 15, 2002 Limited
Box Office: $2,197,234
Synopsis: Fred Schepisi's adaptation of Graham Swift's prize-winning novel is a quietly graceful portrait of four working-class Brits, bound by years of friendship, that unites some of England's finest actors in a powerful and deeply moving ensemble production. Michael Caine stars as Jack Dodd,... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Michael Caine, Tom Courtenay, David Hemmings, Bob Hoskins, Ray Winstone
Director: Fred Schepisi
Screenwriter: Fred Schepisi
Producer: Nik Powell, Fred Schepisi
Composer: Paul Grabowsky
Screenwriter: Fred Schepisi
Producer: Nik Powell, Fred Schepisi
Composer: Paul Grabowsky
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12/15/03
By film's end one feels as if they have indeed taken a long trip with these people -- and along the way has grown to know and care about them.
12/08/02
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11/06/02
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10/21/02
Old people will love this movie, and I mean that in the nicest possible way: Last Orders will touch the heart of anyone old enough to have earned a 50-year friendship.
08/28/02
Fred Schepisi's tale of four Englishmen facing the prospect of their own mortality views youthful affluence not as a lost ideal but a starting point.
08/22/02
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08/15/02
Top Critic
You’d think a movie with Bob Hoskins, Michael Caine, Helen Mirren and Tom Courtenay couldn’t be all bad, but you’d be wrong.
08/11/02
A movie I loved on first sight and, even more important, love in remembrance.
07/20/02
Top Critic
Last Orders nurtures the multi-layers of its characters, allowing us to remember that life's ultimately a gamble and last orders are to be embraced. It's affecting, amusing, sad and reflective.
07/04/02
Portrays the unvarnished nature of friendships: mean and spiteful, petty and begrudging, needy and loving.
06/07/02
A beautiful movie about everyday people that seem so real they could be your neighbors. It's like being invited round to the pub for a couple of pints with some mates.
06/07/02
Schepisi has never made a better film, and if he never makes one anywhere nearly this good again, this more than justifies the occasional clinker in his filmography.
06/05/02
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