Schepisi does a beautiful job of negotiating the back-and-forth time structure, which never feels gimmicky or confusing because Last Orders is a movie about the way memories connect us.
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03/07/02
Last Orders (2002)
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Reviews Counted:82
Fresh:64
Rotten:18
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
Genre: Dramas
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... [More]
Starring: Michael Caine, Tom Courtenay, David Hemmings, Bob Hoskins
Director: Fred Schepisi
Reviews for Last Orders
Exactly the kind of movie adults are wishing for when they complain nobody makes movies for adults anymore.
03/05/02
This lovely, sad movie made me feel as if I was in the car with these old friends, and it filled my heart.
03/03/02
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03/02/02
The splendid ensemble cast inhabits these unglamorous roles with quiet gusto.
03/01/02
An enervated, overly muted drama that should have been a lot livelier, considering the terrific cast.
03/01/02
Because I share history and memories with these actors, it is easy to stand at the bar with their characters as they regard the urn of ashes.
03/01/02
Top CriticFinely crafted, admirably ambitious in design and fueled by uniformly delicious performances by its cast of old pros.
02/28/02
Like most trips to bountiful, end of the line pilgrimages make for winsomely plodding fare.
02/26/02
We come to love each and everyone of them so much that the arrival of the ending credits is the film's only disappointment.
02/21/02
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02/17/02
The performers are so spot on, it is hard to conceive anyone else in their roles.
02/15/02
A ho-hum male weepie/road comedy.
02/15/02
Sweet and memorable film.
02/15/02
Just the sort of lazy tearjerker that gives movies about ordinary folk a bad name.
02/15/02
Serves up its own small, burnished joys.
02/15/02
Top CriticThe storytelling may be ordinary, but the cast is one of those all-star reunions that fans of Gosford Park have come to assume is just another day of Brit cinema.
02/15/02
...is funny in the way that makes you ache with sadness (the way Chekhov is funny), profound without ever being self-important, warm without ever succumbing to sentimentality.
02/14/02
Schepisi successfully fashioned a tight and bittersweet two-hour script from Graham Swift's multi-character, Booker Prize-winning novel.
02/14/02
Schepisi, aided by a cast that seems to include every top-notch British actor who did not appear in Gosford Park (as well as one, Ms. Mirren, who did), has succeeded beyond all expectation.
02/14/02
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June 24, 2005:
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Neil Marshall, director of the resoundingly popular cult flick "Dog Soldiers," has struck a deal with Lions Gate to distribute his next movie in North America, says... More...
February 06, 2002:
Schepisi offers a brave and endearing account of four men grieving the loss of their best friend. 
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