The Last Thing He Wanted

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The Last Thing He Wanted

Released Feb 21, 2020

1h 55m

Crime

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Aniko G

It's disgusting that the main character smokes constantly. I don't even understand why. Anne is a good actress, she playes this role perfectly, the cigarette just takes away the value from her perfection and from the film.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/21/25

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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

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Janette S

Boring. Confusing. And tries to prop itself up through clunky prose.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/13/24

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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

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Sally G

So bad, it was almost funny. Almost.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

08/21/23

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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

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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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