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The Last Face (2017)

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The Last Face centers around a love affair between Dr. Wren Petersen (Academy Award (R) winner, Charlize Theron), the director of an international aid organization and Dr. Miguel Leon (Academy Award (R) winner, Javier Bardem), a relief-aid doctor. Set against the devastating backdrop of war-torn Liberia, Miguel and Wren must find a way to keep their relationship alive in extraordinarily difficult conditions battling their mutual passion for the value of life matched by the intensity of their diametrically opposed opinions on how best to solve the conflict that surrounds them. Directed by Two-time Academy Award (R) winner Sean Penn, The Last Face also stars Primetime Emmy (R) nominee Jared Harris, and celebrated French actors Jean Reno and Adèle Exarchopoulos.
  • Rating:
    R (for strong bloody violence including disturbing images of war atrocities, language, and brief sexuality)
  • Genre:
    Drama, Romance
  • Directed By:
    Sean Penn
  • Written By:
    Erin Dignam
  • In Theaters:
     limited
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  • Runtime:
  • Studio:
    Saban Films, Lionsgate

Cast

Charlize Theron
as Wren
Javier Bardem
as Miguel Leon
Adèle Exarchopoulos
as Ellen
Jared Harris
as Dr. John Farber
Jean Reno
as Dr. Love
Denise Newman
as Sarie
Sibongile Mlambo
as Assatu
Bronwyn Reed
Ebby Weyime
as Nurse
Sarah Muhoho
Justin Miccoli
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Sean Penn's pompous, ethically bankrupt humanitarian aid drama would surely have worked better as a charity single.

May 8, 2017 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…
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By the time [Wren] wraps things up with a sententious speech about how dreams are more important than oxygen, both have been completely sucked out of the theater.

May 20, 2016 | Rating: D | Full Review…
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[A] stunningly self-important but numbingly empty cocktail of romance and insulting refugee porn ...

May 20, 2016 | Full Review…
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Penn, who has become well-known for doing what he can to try and ease the agony of global crisis spots (like Haiti), would do well not to mistake his own genuine compassion for an artistic impulse.

May 20, 2016 | Full Review…
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While cinema has often served as a tool of imperialism and colonialism, who would have expected a determined activist like Sean Penn to continue this ugly tradition?

June 22, 2017 | Full Review…

Lock this film in a vault and set it on fire.

May 12, 2017 | Rating: 1/5 | Full Review…
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