Don McKellar, Sandra Oh, Sarah Polley
A group of very different individuals with different ideas of how to face the end come together as the world is expected to end in six hours at the turn of the century.
DVD Release Date: March 28, 2000
Stats: 403 reviews
I think this accurately depicts what a lot of people would do in the last few hours on earth. Well done, I especially liked the last few seconds.
The game plan in Last Night, an overlooked and wry Canadian treat, is that there are only six hours until the end of the world.
Writer and first-time director Don McKellar, also one of the film's stars, makes the plot gimmick an inventive jumping-off point for an explorat...( read more)
So what would you do if you knew the world were coming to an end? It's that kind of question younger friends might ask when they've had few. You know what I mean, right? Hey, Craig, this is set in Toronto. What would you do if you knew you were in the final hours of your life...( read more)
It's 6PM, and the world is about to end at midnight. How will you spend your last night? The final 30 seconds of this film made me want to give it 5 stars; I was that moved. Having a few days to sit on it, it's a very powerful piece of work, incredibly original, but comes just...( read more)
No special effects for this 'end of the world' movie. Just a look at what these people did during the last hours.
I didn't get anything out of this movie except being discouraged how people in general will behave when the end of the world is coming.
The idea of the movie ( the last 6 hours on earth ) was what made me see the movie. But I didn't expect such a good screenplay and acting. The characters are funny and in a lot of ways realistically pathetic and irrational......but in their situation nobody knows what one could h...( read more)
It's seriously a weird movie, but there is something about it that makes you like it.
I liked the relationships between people and how they all seemed to be connected to each other.
The emotions of the characters were played well the story and makes you think about how people wou...( read more)
Funny, poignant, and one of the best casts ever assembled. Some great Canadian iconongraphy here. In what other film can you see the shameless derailing of a Toronto streetcar? As everyone's tries to make the most of their final hours before the world ends, Don McKellar captures ...( read more)
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