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- The Last Thing He Wanted has scope and strong production values to match its cast, creating a world of drug cartels, intrepid journalists and political intrigue. While it tries to capture the Zeitgeist, the storytelling is muddled and the edit is so quick-paced, you often don’t get a chance to settle into any scene.
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Feb 21, 2020 · Dee Rees’ “The Last Thing He Wanted” is incomprehensible to an almost impressive degree—usually when a movie's narrative gets so out of control, it over-corrects itself at some point before the end. But not here.
Feb 21, 2020 · Sep 16, 2020 Full Review Jesse Nussman Film Inquiry Despite an all-star cast of respectable and often captivating actors, The Last Thing He Wanted ultimately falls apart due to its convoluted ...
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- Anne Hathaway, Ben Affleck, Willem Dafoe
- Dee Rees
- Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
With its strong performances, pacing and imagery, The Last Thing He Wanted is one (fairly hefty) script revision away from theoretical year-best territory. Instead it missteps, with increasing ...
Jan 28, 2020 · Based on the 1996 Joan Didion novel of the same name, Dee Rees‘ The Last Thing He Wanted follows a reporter accustomed to war zones who finds herself stuck in something much stranger. Early ...
Feb 13, 2020 · ‘The Last Thing He Wanted’ Review: Gun Running and Anxiety. Adapted from a Joan Didion novel, the movie plunges Anne Hathaway into the 1980s turmoil around the U.S. backing of Nicaraguan...
- Dee Rees
Feb 21, 2020 · With Anne Hathaway, Ben Affleck, Rosie Perez, Willem Dafoe. A veteran D.C. journalist loses the thread of her own narrative when a guilt-propelled errand for her father thrusts her from byline to unwitting subject in the very story she's trying to break. Adapted from Joan Didion's namesake novel.
Jan 28, 2020 · ‘The Last Thing He Wanted’: Film Review Dee Rees’ political thriller genre has style and commendable ambitions, but gets suffocated by a busy structure and over-plotted script.
