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The Last Winter

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The Last Winter

2006

1h 47m

Mystery & Thriller

Horror

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51 Reviews

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5,000+ Ratings

Sent to evaluate the environmental impact of oil drilling in the Arctic, James Hoffman (James Le Gros) clashes with the drilling crew's chief (Ron Perlman), who wants to get the job done. Strange events begin to plague the crew, and they are soon cut off from the outside world. Hoffman and the crew feel the full force of Mother Nature's wrath, and there is no visible escape.

Critics Consensus

The Last Winter creatively and effectively uses horror tactics -- fear, tension, anticipation, and just enough gore -- to shock, but never repulse, its audience.

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David Fear

Time Out

Rated: 2/5

Nov 17, 2011

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Marc Savlov

Austin Chronicle

Rated: 3/5

Oct 18, 2008

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John Monaghan

Detroit Free Press

Fessenden, who directed, produced, cowrote, edited and even has a part in the film rightly values mood at least as much as he does delivering more abominable snow monsters.

Rated: 3/4

Oct 12, 2007

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Cheryl Eddy

io9.com

It may at times come across a bit heavy-handed, but its message is still a timely and valuable one, showing a microcosm driven to total collapse by a planet that’s ready to kick humans out of the ecosystem for good.

Sep 14, 2022

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

Shot on location in Iceland and unfortunately hobbled by a bit of third act CGI that compromises the rather compelling ecological message.

Rated: 3.5/5

Oct 20, 2020

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

It's a pro-environmental apocalyptic shocker that works as a thinking man's ghost story pic.

Rated: B+

Nov 3, 2010

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Thom G

The Last Winter" begins with a brilliant idea and a crucial social message. Unfortunately, the film merely revolves around these ideas and messages without sufficiently developing or elaborating on them.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/19/24

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Tim V

Original great plot just needs to tweak everything into one pot!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/09/23

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Audience Member

The creative team seems far more concerned about advancing global warming alarmism than advancing a suspenseful or even coherent plot.. Sadly, the characters are about as real as Al Gore’s most irrational climate threats.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/07/21

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Audience Member

The audience score doesn't make much sense. I'm guessing it's from people who saw it as global warming environmentalist propaganda OR they made the mistake of not viewing it during the winter while in a cold weather climate.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/07/23

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Audience Member

The last winter 12.2.21 5.6/0. Well, don't know what to say about that. I like Ron Perlmam. Think I've seen it before but still, not sure it answers any questions! D.B.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

02/24/23

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Audience Member

A fascinating intermingling of environmental crisis and the myth––and Algernon Blackwood short story––of the terrible spirit of the northern wilderness, the Wendigo. From the Wikipedia article: "In some Indigenous communities, environmental destruction and insatiable greed are also seen as a manifestation of Wendigo psychosis." In this movie human greed for petroleum and indifference to resulting environmental destruction unleashes a terrible force that begins to spread across the land.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/27/23

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Synopsis

Sent to evaluate the environmental impact of oil drilling in the Arctic, James Hoffman (James Le Gros) clashes with the drilling crew's chief (Ron Perlman), who wants to get the job done. Strange events begin to plague the crew, and they are soon cut off from the outside world. Hoffman and the crew feel the full force of Mother Nature's wrath, and there is no visible escape.

Director: Larry Fessenden
Producer: Larry Fessenden, Jeffrey Kusama-Hinte
Screenwriter: Larry Fessenden, Robert Leaver
Production Co: Glass Eye Pix, Antidote Films
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Horror
Original Language: English
Rerelease Date (Theaters): Sep 19, 2007
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 27, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $32.9K
Runtime: 1h 47m
Sound Mix: Dolby

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