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The Last Thing He Wanted

Released Feb 21, 2020 1h 55m Crime Drama Mystery & Thriller List
5% Tomatometer 57 Reviews 14% Popcornmeter 250+ Ratings
When she helps her father broker an arms deal, a reporter becomes involved in the story she's trying to break.
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It'll be the last thing most viewers want, too.

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Roxana Hadadi Pajiba Dee Rees's Joan Didion adaptation The Last Thing He Wanted very nearly works thanks to Anne Hathaway, but the film's narrative shortcomings crater it. Mar 25, 2020 Full Review Karen Han Polygon What's most frustrating about the film's incoherence is that there are still good sequences amid the chaos. Feb 24, 2020 Full Review Stephanie Zacharek TIME Magazine The Last Thing He Wanted seems so taken with its own intricacy that it manages only to trip itself up. Feb 21, 2020 Full Review Max Greene InSession Film The Last Thing He Wanted lacks enough substance to become enjoyable. Tensions are never properly set up and characters don't even seem to be living in the world that is created. Rated: D Aug 1, 2024 Full Review Keith Garlington Keith & the Movies It’s built like a thriller and paced liked one too. But it lacks the narrative cohesion needed to bring its many moving parts together. So you’re left with an ambitious movie that looks the part but is maddening in its inability to make sense. Rated: 2/5 Aug 23, 2022 Full Review A.S. Hamrah The Baffler Rees should have pulled the plug on the whole thing...Instead the film drowns on its own. Sep 16, 2020 Full Review Read all reviews

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Makayla D this movie was very hard to understand, but on top of everything, was blowing the dog up into pieces necessary ?? The movie went down hill from that. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 07/23/24 Full Review Janette S Boring. Confusing. And tries to prop itself up through clunky prose. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 02/13/24 Full Review James M Two thumbs up. You might need to know some history about central America. For the people that left bad reviews I suggest you pick up a book or stick with cartoons. This a great movie with serious acting and a historically accurate setting. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 09/06/23 Full Review Sally G So bad, it was almost funny. Almost. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 08/21/23 Full Review Hector Y Absolutely incoherent plot, leaving the audience grasping to make any sense of what is hapenning onscreen or why it is happening. Simply one of the very worst movies I have watched all year :( Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 06/15/23 Full Review Alan S I'll say one thing, Anne Hathaway looks great now that she finally ditched that ridiculous unibrow. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 11/21/22 Full Review Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis When she helps her father broker an arms deal, a reporter becomes involved in the story she's trying to break.
Director
Dee Rees
Production Co
Elevated Films
Genre
Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Feb 21, 2020, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 21, 2020
Runtime
1h 55m
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