Last Flight Home

Released Oct 7, 2022

1 hr. 41 min.

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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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Critics Consensus

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

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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

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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

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Richard R

In my opinion, the family exploited their father's impending death for fortune and fame. The father's attitude seemed to be one of going along with being filmed. While it did not rob him of his dignity, it did show the priorities of the family around him, to take what little he had left, and sell it. Was I touched? Yes. And disappointed.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

12/24/22

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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

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Nelson M

Feelings. If you have them, watch this movie.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

12/01/22

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Sophia The G

Personally I think it's their business and no one else's and no one should've ever made a movie about suicide!! This was horrible on every level, it is gods duty to take your life not yours!! Not 10 minutes in to the movie and then his leftist loony liberal daughter had to put killing President Trump into it, which made it even worse!! Wishing death on a president shows how insane this entire family is! I can't even watch it after that I shut it right off how sick of a person can you be to be ok with your dad killing himself! Ungodly!! You see how evil the leftists are!

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

12/08/22

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Ondi Timoner

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Eli Timoner

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Lisa Timoner

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Ondi Timoner

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Rachel Timoner

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David Timoner

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Adam Kempenaar

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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

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John Nugent

Empire Magazine

Moving, humane, and cathartic.

Rated: 4/5

Dec 9, 2022

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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

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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

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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

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Lauren Wissot

Hyperallergic

"Last Flight Home" is a warts-and-all account of assisted death best viewed by the terminally ill and their loved ones.

Mar 27, 2023

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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
Executive Producer: Ori Eisen, Mirit Eisen
Screenwriter: Ondi Timoner
Distributor: MTV Documentary Films
Genre: Documentary, Biography
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 7, 2022, Limited

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