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Last Flight Home

Play trailer Poster for Last Flight Home Released Oct 7, 2022 1h 41m Documentary Biography Play Trailer Watchlist
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Examining Eli Timoner's intentional death and his family's emotional turmoil, as they grapple with his decision to end his own life. The family journeys back through Eli's remarkable, painful life to discover what true love looks like.

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Deeply personal to the point of discomfort, Last Flight Home contemplates mortality with an unblinking yet empathetic gaze.

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Adam Kempenaar Filmspotting Eli Timoner gave us a manual for how to live; documenting her father’s life and death, Ondi gives us a manual for how to say goodbye. Rated: 4/5 Dec 9, 2022 Full Review John Nugent Empire Magazine Moving, humane, and cathartic. Rated: 4/5 Dec 9, 2022 Full Review Deborah Ross The Spectator If you’re planning on seeing The Last Flight Home at the cinema, don’t make any plans for afterwards as you’ll be completely done in. I soaked the top half of my jumper with the crying, and then needed to race home to wring it out. Nov 30, 2022 Full Review Daniel Allen Loud and Clear Reviews Ondi Timoner’s Last Flight Home is a personal, emotionally raw documentary that deals with familial grief and saying goodbye to a loved one. Rated: 3.5/5 Jul 25, 2024 Full Review Marya E. Gates Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack) Timoner’s doc goes even deeper into mediations on mortality by actually filming the process of his medically assisted suicide. . .the verité footage is heart-wrenching and powerful — and may be triggering for those who’ve recently lost a loved one. Feb 13, 2024 Full Review Richard Schertzer ScreenAnarchy Ondi Timoner takes a bold step in her filmmaking career as she goes fully personal with her father's passing and puts herself, as well as her family, at the forefront of the fray in spectacular fashion. ... It's almost impossible to look away. Jun 16, 2023 Full Review Read all reviews

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Cynthia H I am in much the shape that Eli was in as I struggle with CHF, pulmonary failure among other issues; a shell of my former self due to Lupus. I thought the movie was wonderful and wish that all families could face death as openly and lovingly as Eli's family. What a triumph they all experienced and accomplished because they accepted his wishes with such openness and love; working together day by day through to the end with understanding, respect, and full support of each other. Every one of them deserves a medal, but it seems Eli's love and loyalty to family and friends, his steadfast care, kindness and compassion was blessing enough to be the example to all of how to live a life of service and goodness. God bless them all. This movie was really a gift. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 11/02/23 Full Review Paris F This movie was an emotional one for me. I had to watch it in segments. I home hospiced my Mom, it's hard, really hard. This was poignantly beautiful, and tragically horrific to me at the same time. This incredible human being, who I knew nothing about, has impacted me. The legal torturous journey to have agency over your own departure of this world, for someone so long suffering was tough. The unbearable part was the unnecessary, what I consider torture. If you are too sick to take the medicine un-aided, your shit outta luck. And instead of delivering the medication by injection, they make them drink a foul tasting poison, that even strong anti nausea medicine has a hard time controlling the gag reflex from. It's like forced torture by the legal system, one last sucker punch, after so many slaps, for allowing one that autonomy. sickening. . Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/27/23 Full Review greg r Brilliant man chooses how he wants to leave this world. Daughter films it. Observer sits uncomfortably. Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review ann l Absolutely perfect, altho heart wrenching, portrait of what most people would view as a "good death" -- dying at a time of your choosing, surrounded by family, with a chance to forgive yourself for past mistakes, and provide hospice-level treatment to minimize pain and discomfort. The filmmaker and her sister, the rabbi, have presented the rest of the world with a miracle. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Examining Eli Timoner's intentional death and his family's emotional turmoil, as they grapple with his decision to end his own life. The family journeys back through Eli's remarkable, painful life to discover what true love looks like.
Director
Ondi Timoner
Producer
Ondi Timoner, David Turner
Screenwriter
Ondi Timoner
Distributor
MTV Documentary Films
Production Co
MTV Documentary Films
Genre
Documentary, Biography
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Oct 7, 2022, Limited
Runtime
1h 41m
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