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The Last Time (2006)

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Reviews Counted:17

Fresh:6

Rotten:11

Average Rating:4.6/10

Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Brendan Fraser, Michael Keaton, and Amber Valetta star in this drama about a bitter salesman (Keaton) who finds his polar opposite in his bright young business partner (Brendan Fraser). But after... Brendan Fraser, Michael Keaton, and Amber Valetta star in this drama about a bitter salesman (Keaton) who finds his polar opposite in his bright young business partner (Brendan Fraser). But after meeting the love object of his young partner, the cynical older man starts craving her for himself. [More]

Starring: Brendan Fraser, Michael Keaton, Amber Valletta, Daniel Stern

Starring: Brendan Fraser, Michael Keaton, Amber Valletta, Daniel Stern

Director: Michael Caleo

Director: Michael Caleo
Screenwriter: Michael Caleo
Producer: Stavros Merjos
Composer: Randy Edelman
Studio: Sony Pictures Entertainment

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

Full Review Source: ReelzChannel.com | comment Comment
08/27/08
Heather Huntington
Heather Huntington
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.

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
11/26/07
Urban Cinefile Critics
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A melodramatic disaster.

Full Review Source: EricDSnider.com | comment Comment
08/10/07
Eric D. Snider
Eric D. Snider
EricDSnider.com

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

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
08/06/07
Nick Schager
Nick Schager
Slant Magazine

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07/21/07
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07/21/07
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07/21/07
Jeannette Catsoulis
Jeannette Catsoulis
New York Times
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Wildly entertaining ... Skillfully walks a fine line between black comedy and intense drama ... It's one of the year's best.

Full Review Source: FulvueDrive-in.com | comment Comment
07/05/07
Chuck O'Leary
Chuck O'Leary
FulvueDrive-in.com

A clever and twisty calling card for filmmaker Michael Caleo.

Full Review Source: Film Journal International | comment Comment
05/21/07
Frank Lovece
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.

Full Review Source: tonymedley.com | comment Comment
05/20/07
Tony Medley
Tony Medley
tonymedley.com

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.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
05/18/07
Maitland McDonagh
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.

Full Review Source: Reel.com | comment Comment
05/18/07
Jim Hemphill
Jim Hemphill
Reel.com

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

Full Review Source: New York Post | comment Comment
05/18/07
Lou Lumenick
Lou Lumenick
New York Post

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.

Full Review Source: New York Daily News | comment Comment
05/18/07
Jack Mathews
Jack Mathews
New York Daily News

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

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Times | comment Comment
05/18/07
Kevin Crust
Kevin Crust
Los Angeles Times
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exists to pad the resume of everyone whose name appears in the credits.

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
05/18/07
Matt McKillop
Matt McKillop
Filmcritic.com

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

Full Review Source: Newsday | comment Comment
05/17/07
John Anderson
John Anderson
Newsday

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

Full Review Source: New York Observer | comment Comment
05/16/07
Rex Reed
Rex Reed
New York Observer

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.

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
05/15/07
Aaron Hillis
Aaron Hillis
Village Voice
 
 
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