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The Last Race

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A small-town stock car track and the drivers that call it home struggle to hold on to an American racing tradition.
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Tomris Laffly RogerEbert.com 11/16/2018
3/4
A gallery of vivid, socially conscious photography, The Last Race owes much of its artful strength to the filmmaker's resistance to being prescriptive about his unambiguous socio-economic message. Go to Full Review
Kenneth Turan Los Angeles Times 11/15/2018
"We don't look good, but we like to go fast," one driver says, summing it all up, a fitting tribute to a proud but imperiled subculture and the surprising film that wants to ensure it is not forgotten. Go to Full Review
Glenn Kenny New York Times 11/15/2018
Auto racing is noisy and not great for the environment. But it's also responsible for a lively, eccentric culture. The director of this brisk documentary, Michael Dweck, clearly considers it lively and eccentric... Go to Full Review
Marisa Carpico The Pop Break 12/22/2018
8.5/10
Still, while the world The Last Race shows is in decline, perhaps it deserves to survive. Go to Full Review
Robert Roten Laramie Movie Scope 12/03/2018
C+
This is old school car culture, not much different than it was in the 1950s, real, raw Americana. It shows average people who are passionate about their cars. What could be more American than that? Go to Full Review
Nathan Crawford Film Inquiry 11/27/2018
The Last Race is a beautiful film that is impressive in what it is able to do aesthetically and rhetorically. It is able to find beauty in this Long Island community while still remaining clear-eyed and thoughtful. Go to Full Review
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dave d 10/21/2019 Best watched stoned, 'The Last Race' goes round in circles albeit for a short period in time. This looked more like a college film project than a feature documentary. It's stretched and I do mean stretched to 75 minutes. I'm not sure if the filmmaker was looking at his subjects with reverence or disdain. There are instances of his making people who were interviewed look foolish. Why? Great question. The more I think about this the more it annoys me so wrap this. Final Score: 5.3/10 See more 06/23/2019 Gives a deep look into what racing is all about and who has your trust. The film could have been longer to give more depth to the story. See more 02/27/2019 This movie was a very insightful movie of the whole racing culture. If anyone wants to get into the whole racing culture, and needs a few insights of how the culture operates and socializes, this movie is definitely able to provide that for you. The best thing about this movie was the perspectives provided in the movie. The perspectives were from different sides of the community. They had the orator, the computers, the collectors, and others. it was very ideal, because of the perspectives and how these people contribute to the entire culture. See more david f 01/30/2019 A great documentary about a racetrack on Long Island that's a holdout in a world of encroaching development and lessening interest in cars. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A small-town stock car track and the drivers that call it home struggle to hold on to an American racing tradition.
Director
Michael Dweck
Producer
Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw
Screenwriter
Michael Dweck, Gregory Kershaw
Distributor
Magnolia Pictures
Production Co
Blunderbust Productions
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 16, 2018, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Nov 16, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA)
$10.8K
Runtime
1h 14m
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