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The Last Thing He Wanted seems so taken with its own intricacy that it manages only to trip itself up. February 21, 2020 | Full Review…
The Last Thing He Wanted seems so taken with its own intricacy that it manages only to trip itself up.
Stephanie Zacharek
What makes The Last Thing He Wanted ultimately so frustrating (while also elevating it a few notches above its awfulness as a thriller) is the fact that there are things it does quite well. February 21, 2020 | Rating: C- | Full Review…
What makes The Last Thing He Wanted ultimately so frustrating (while also elevating it a few notches above its awfulness as a thriller) is the fact that there are things it does quite well.
Ignatiy Vishnevetsky
How does a director as stellar as Dee Rees go so thunderously wrong adapting a 1996 novel by the great Joan Didion, with a cast headed by Anne Hathaway, Ben Affleck, and Willem Dafoe? Here's Exhibit A and the last thing any of us wanted. February 19, 2020 | Rating: 0.5/5 | Full Review…
How does a director as stellar as Dee Rees go so thunderously wrong adapting a 1996 novel by the great Joan Didion, with a cast headed by Anne Hathaway, Ben Affleck, and Willem Dafoe? Here's Exhibit A and the last thing any of us wanted.
Peter Travers
I found the whole narrative confusing. Even if you can parse it out, it doesn't add up to a whole lot. February 15, 2020 | Full Review…
I found the whole narrative confusing. Even if you can parse it out, it doesn't add up to a whole lot.
Peter Rainer
There's some overreach and muddle here - you wouldn't want a pop quiz on the plot - but "Last Thing" remains an intriguing, visually diverting piece, well shot by Bobby Bukowski. February 13, 2020 | Full Review…
There's some overreach and muddle here - you wouldn't want a pop quiz on the plot - but "Last Thing" remains an intriguing, visually diverting piece, well shot by Bobby Bukowski.
Gary Goldstein
The big problem with the movie isn't the muddle, but the strain. February 13, 2020 | Full Review…
The big problem with the movie isn't the muddle, but the strain.
Glenn Kenny
Dee Rees's Joan Didion adaptation The Last Thing He Wanted very nearly works thanks to Anne Hathaway, but the film's narrative shortcomings crater it. March 25, 2020 | Full Review…
Dee Rees's Joan Didion adaptation The Last Thing He Wanted very nearly works thanks to Anne Hathaway, but the film's narrative shortcomings crater it.
Roxana Hadadi
A movie whose main thing is that it's not interesting in any way. March 25, 2020 | Rating: 1.5/5 | Full Review…
A movie whose main thing is that it's not interesting in any way.
Tim Brayton
The viewer is lost in the middle of a plot in which the director and co-writer want to give few clues. [Full review in Spanish] March 16, 2020 | Full Review…
The viewer is lost in the middle of a plot in which the director and co-writer want to give few clues. [Full review in Spanish]
Pablo O. Scholz
A convoluted and incoherent political thriller meant to get lost in Netflix's vast catalogue. [Full Review in Spanish] March 6, 2020 | Rating: 1/4 | Full Review…
A convoluted and incoherent political thriller meant to get lost in Netflix's vast catalogue. [Full Review in Spanish]
Rene Sanchez
Not even Anne Hathaway can save this one. March 6, 2020 | Full Review…
Not even Anne Hathaway can save this one.
Emma Baty
[Anne Hathaway] never becomes an interesting character... Willem Dafoe can't save the disaster either. [Full review in Spanish] March 3, 2020 | Full Review…
[Anne Hathaway] never becomes an interesting character... Willem Dafoe can't save the disaster either. [Full review in Spanish]
Ruben Peralta Rigaud
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