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Review: The Last Word

19 January 2013 by Jess

Movie release poster for The Last Word, courtesy Deviant Films, Dreamz

Photo courtesy Deviant Films, Dreamz

I was surprised by this film when Netflix recommended it. Partly because I’d never heard of it, and partly because the premise is so unusual. I think Netflix has a hard time suggesting things for me because my tastes and interests are so diverse, but this one is one of the ones I really enjoyed that I never would have discovered otherwise. I’m not a big fan of Wes Bentley, Winona Ryder, or Ray Romano–they’re all right, but by no means favorites of mine–but the three of them were pretty great in this movie.

The movie is about Wes Bentley’s character, Evan, and his job, which is to pen suicide notes for various “clients” who hire him to make their last words count. Interesting premise, but can they pull it out? I know why this one didn’t make the theaters, or why it must have had a limited release, because an idea like that is depressing and unmarketable even if it appeals to filmophiles and weird people like me who think something like that would be interesting. In any case, I thought it was a pretty decent movie.

Evan meets Charlotte, played by Winona Ryder, who’s a kind of wild child that he meets after one of his clients, Charlotte’s brother, went through with it and killed himself. He tries to keep it a secret wha the really does for a living because he doesn’t want her to know that that’s how he really met her brother, but eventually, it comes out.

Ray Romano plays another suicidal client of Evan’s and the two of them actually become friends as Evan realizes that he doesn’t really want him to kill himself.

The transition for the ending is a little rough, but it’s not a bad ending. The funny thing is, Wes Bentley’s character is not too different from the kid he played in American Beauty. Dark, with an artistic side, but overall, good-hearted.

4-starsMaybe not the best movie ever made, but it’s pretty entertaining if you have a darker sense of humor and want to check it out.

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Filed Under: comedy, indie movies, Movie Reviews, romance Tagged With: 2008, ray romano, the last word, wes bentley, winona ryder

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