The Last One for the Road

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The Last One for the Road

May 2026

1h 40m

Drama

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Two middle-aged friends, who swear each drink is their last, cross paths with a shy architecture student and take him under their wing on a free-flowing bender through the Italian countryside in a scruffy intergenerational odyssey.

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Peter Bradshaw

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1d

4/5

It is a road movie, a buddy movie and a faintly baffling shaggy-dog tale; a coming-of-age story that embraces infantilism and not coming of age; a bittersweet comedy without the sweet. It is intensely depressing yet funny at the same time.

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Philip Concannon

Sight & Sound

2d

If this dissolute pair have any lessons to impart, it’s that living day to day, drink to drink, is the only way to keep going in a society that’s on the road to nowhere.

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Nell Minow

RogerEbert.com

May 1

3/4

This is an existential story that is a less bleak and more scenic version of Samuel Beckett’s 'Waiting for Godot,' a psychological journey about connection, regret, memory, and meaning.

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Hilary A White

Irish Independent

4h

4/5

Filmed in a nostalgic grain, it wears humour and heart quietly, never mawkish and often undercut with a trace of melancholy. Roman and Capovilla are excellent as the two wiseacres, who make for boisterous, if slightly tragic, company.

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Kate Beach

MovieJawn

Jun 19

Don’t come to The Last One for the Road expecting a straightforward, plot-driven story. Come for the vibes, for the lovely chemistry between the three leads, and for the opportunity to keep the night going a little bit longer.

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Clotilde Chinnici

Loud and Clear Reviews

Jun 15

2.5/5

The initial premise and idea of the film had a lot of potential on paper, but this remains unfulfilled as the film creates more questions, and admittedly frustration, than it answers.

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Vincent S

@RT47579145 Jun 26

I thought this was going to be a fun, funny comedy about two friends on a road trip and I love road trip movies but I was bored. It’s more of two old men thinking they are funny when they really aren’t.

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virginia S

@Ginny72 May 9

Charming at times, and the appealing young guy saves the movie. I always have a hard time watching dirty drunks, although they weren’t terrible people.

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Two middle-aged friends, who swear each drink is their last, cross paths with a shy architecture student and take him under their wing on a free-flowing bender through the Italian countryside in a scruffy intergenerational odyssey.

Director: Francesco Sossai
Producer: Marta Donzelli, Gregorio Paonessa, Philipp Kreuzer, Cecilia Trautvetter
Screenwriter: Francesco Sossai, Adriano Candiago
Distributor: Music Box Films
Production Co: Vivo Film, Rai Cinema
Genre: Drama
Original Language: Italian
Release Date (Theaters): May 1, 2026, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 16, 2026
Box Office (Gross USA): $8.7K
Runtime: 1h 40m