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Last Call

R Released Mar 19, 2021 1h 42m Comedy TRAILER for List
0% Tomatometer 8 Reviews 73% Popcornmeter 100+ Ratings
A local success story, Mick (Jeremy Piven), returns to his old neighborhood for a family emergency and is forced to stay when presented with a huge real estate opportunity. Now he must decide between taking the money or saving the one thing that links him to his past and his one true love; the family bar.
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Phil Hoad Guardian Any hope Last Call might skate by on working-class charm is hobbled by Pilladi's timid direction: flat-footed and full of unimaginative choices. Rated: 2/5 Mar 29, 2021 Full Review Rebecca Johnson Film Focus Online The movie is incredibly weak in the comedy department, and churns out one too many scenes of unbearable guys getting wasted and speaking in a derogatory manner Rated: 2/5 Aug 6, 2023 Full Review Todd Jorgenson Cinemalogue It's difficult to muster much sympathy for this collection of drunken slackers, while any quirky charm is wiped away by a reliance on narrative cliches. Jul 17, 2021 Full Review Rich Cline Shadows on the Wall This movie is vaguely engaging even as everything about it feels contrived. Rated: 2/5 Apr 9, 2021 Full Review Roger Moore Movie Nation There are messy movies and shambolic comedies, and then there's whatever the hell "Last Call" is supposed to be. Rated: 1/4 Mar 28, 2021 Full Review Dominic Griffin Looper.com The result is a movie hobbled by tonal whiplash. It is a film that draws the viewer in with moments of genuine pathos before gobsmacking them with repetitive gags of questionable comedic value. Mar 22, 2021 Full Review Read all reviews

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Audience Member An RT (0/76) (as I write this) is the largest difference I've ever seen for a movie I've reviewed, probably. There are currently only 7 critic reviews and it's definitely not that bad. That being said, even though Last Call has some hometown charm and a decent plot to it, there's too much unnecessary, low-brow humor that brings it below my (60) recommends threshold. I added this to the watch-list because it sounded interesting enough and I always liked Jeremy Piven — and couldn't remember the last movie I saw with him in it. As the "prodigal son" Mick, Piven returns to his hometown Philly suburb of "Darby Heights". I was disappointed to discover that the vast majority of filming took place in Bayonne, NJ instead of an actual Delaware county town, but whatever. The cast's Philly trash crew (Zach McGowan, Jamie Kennedy, Jason James Richter, et al.) did a good enough job of portraying… well… Philly trash — perhaps I'm acerbic because at the end of the movie, they invade the very area of NJ where I now live. In short, Mick, a successful real-estate developer, returns from the faraway land of Rittenhouse Square (Philly) for his mother's funeral and concocts the idea of bringing a casino to the town. To be honest, the legal issue and the Mafioso (Gary Pastore) part of the movie is unclear and stupid. What you're here for is the comedy, which actually has some bright moments. When Mick is going door-to-door, when his father (Jack McGee) says, "Every day I drink a glass of water from the Delaware!", the "River Beach" in Pleasantville, NJ, and some of the friends jabbing at each other are pretty good. Then again, some scenes are, at best, tropey, and at worst, downright disgusting. Of course, Bruce Dern is fantastic and I was actually shocked to see him sitting at the bar in his first scene. It makes you want to return to your hometown bar for a drink, but then again, it also makes you want to avoid it altogether. I don't think you need to see this one. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/01/23 Full Review Audience Member Don't even know where to begin with this one. The rotten acting, plot, scenes, camera work? How much was the budget for this twot Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/24/23 Full Review Audience Member Good movie very close to real life.I enjoyed watching, reminded me of good times Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/21/23 Full Review Audience Member Anyone from a neighborhood can relate and recognize people they grew up with. Several very familiar actors who were great in their roles. The rosary scene had me screaming with laughter. A light hearted funny movie. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/13/23 Full Review susan j Per Wikipedia: Jeremy Piven comes from "a Reconstructionist Jewish family of Ukrainian Jewish descent." So why was he cast as a man slightly more Irish than a leprechaun? Whose father is so Irish that he has an Irish brogue--even tho' the father is supposedly the 3rd generation to own an Irish pub in Philadelphia? The miscasting of radically-non-Irish-looking Jeremy Piven is perhaps the best thing about this film--given that Piven looks like a bitter, walled-off, unhealthy alcoholic at this point in time. Almost every thing about this movie is fake, forced, stale and feels like the script landed (and stalled) on someone's desk in 1988. Back 33 years ago, the plot and characters would actually have reflected a world that did exist at that time, but now, in 2021, the world depicted in Last Call is an anachronistic, fabricated, lame neverland. The "ethnic" United Colors of Benneton characters of "The Neighborhood" are caricatures--every single one of them--the dialogue is fake and nauseating, the tropes and plot elements are moronic, the love interest (who is oddly unattractive--deeply frowning and sad looking--with creased and caked-on makeup spread over a face of a week of no sleep, hungover, with dirty hair) who cackles, giggles, and swoons at everything Jeremy Piven's character says. Possibly the sole bright spot in Last Call is a character called "The Coach" who, it turns out, is played wonderfully by Bruce Dern. Otherwise, the flick is littered with cadres of infantile bickering "Irish" (most of the "Irish" actors are, like Jeremy Piven, not in the least Irish--why bother casting people who by no stretch of the imagination are a particular ethnic group when you're trying to make some kind of point about that very ethnic group?) goons playing Piven's brother and childhood friends...I could go on, but I won't. It's just really bad. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member This is a huge waste of time. Maybe someone who lives in Philly would like it. Don't make the mistake and watch it. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/23/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis A local success story, Mick (Jeremy Piven), returns to his old neighborhood for a family emergency and is forced to stay when presented with a huge real estate opportunity. Now he must decide between taking the money or saving the one thing that links him to his past and his one true love; the family bar.
Director
Paolo Pilladi
Producer
DJ Dodd, Rob Simmons, Ante Novakovic, Paolo Pilladi
Screenwriter
Paolo Pilladi, Greg Lingo
Distributor
IFC Films
Production Co
Novakovic Bros., Future Proof Films, Goodie Goodie Productions, JARS Productions
Rating
R (Crude Sexual Content|Some Drug Use|Pervasive Language)
Genre
Comedy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 19, 2021, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 19, 2021
Box Office (Gross USA)
$46.5K
Runtime
1h 42m
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