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The Last Blockbuster

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The manager of the last Blockbuster video store struggles to keep the store open.

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Slight but entertaining, The Last Blockbuster doesn't add much to the saga of the fallen video rental store, but should satisfy nostalgic customers in the mood for a quick diversion.

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Peter Debruge Variety 03/16/2021
More entertaining than educational, but just informative enough to do the trick... Go to Full Review
Peter Rainer FilmWeek (LAist) 12/22/2020
Too much nostalgia... They're getting all moan-y about this stuff, and it's a little too hard to take. Go to Full Review
Christy Lemire FilmWeek (LAist) 12/22/2020
It is so redundant, so repetitive, and so stretched out with various people saying the same thing over and over again. It relies very heavily on a lot of middle-aged white dudes to mansplain why going to rent a video was important. Go to Full Review
Greg Carlson Vague Visages 07/28/2023
As the latest addition to the growing subgenre of documentaries about home video’s tumultuous and exciting journey, The Last Blockbuster fleshes out one more chapter in the saga. Go to Full Review
Steven Warner In Review Online 06/05/2021
The whole thing goes down easily enough, but substance is hard to come by. Go to Full Review
Santiago Alverú Cinemanía (Spain) 05/27/2021
4/5
Could have included more diversity in its testimonials... [but] as an analysis of what really happened, is an exceptional story [Full review in Spanish] Go to Full Review
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Stephen C @bob25009 Nov 12 Real footage in 01 hour, 25 minutes, and 58 seconds!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Dubbed and subtitled in worldwide studios!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The final Blockbuster Video has announced shutting down the business, about time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! See more Peter W 07/07/2023 Overall, I found this documentary to be rather fun and pleasing as it takes its audiences on a trip down memory lane. Having worked in a Video Ezy store as a teenager, I felt I had a special connection with this feature. It is quite insightful as we discover how video stores came to be and the journey of the major retailer who once had over 9,000 stores, eventually reducing to only one store in the world. Once there was a time when people used to select a film and at the same time have a human connection or even a deep discussion with others. It is certainly a different kind of history lesson and one that all movie lovers should witness. See more Pusheen P 05/19/2023 It's alright, it's a fine watch if your bored and there's nothing to watch, I didn't have any specific issues with it but the reason I don't really like it is the characters feel a bit one damentional, and the story a bit bland, it has good representation but some of it feels quite forced See more James B 03/16/2023 While it was interesting hearing about the rise and fall of Blockbuster I felt that there were some parts of this movie that were lacking. I felt like it deviated from being about the story of Blockbuster and instead followed customers around the last remaining Blockbuster. It just felt to me that it was unecessary. See more stephen b 03/12/2023 Touches on an interesting tale, but fills the time with random B-List scenarios with little connection to the actual story. See more corkball 07/25/2022 Cute and nostalgic for sure, and you feel for the manager, but there are too many problems here, mainly: 1) the movie is far too padded. This could have been a 20 minute youtube video. I REALLY liked the details around the last store, but even the rise and fall of Blockbuster wasn't that interesting. 2) They even allude to this in the film - Blockbuster was a bunch of opportunistic corporate parasites that destroyed ('innovated') everything in their path and they most likely deserved what they got (mom and pop shop excepted). 3) The whole documentary style is becoming a bit passe. The could have spiced it up a tad (think something like 'Oversimplified') See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis The manager of the last Blockbuster video store struggles to keep the store open.
Director
Taylor Morden
Producer
Zeke Kamm
Screenwriter
Zeke Kamm
Production Co
September Club , Popmotion Pictures
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Dec 15, 2020
Runtime
1h 26m
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