Last Orders (2001)
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79% of critics liked it
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64% of users liked it
(2,946 ratings)
Australian filmmaker known for such classics as The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith and Six Degrees of Separation, Fred Schepisi tells this story about a group of lifelong chums coming to terms with their friend's death, based on a prize-winning novel by Graham Swift. When Jack Dodd (Michael Caine)… More Australian filmmaker known for such classics as The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith and Six Degrees of Separation, Fred Schepisi tells this story about a group of lifelong chums coming to terms with their friend's death, based on a prize-winning novel by Graham Swift. When Jack Dodd (Michael Caine) passes on, his three best buddies (Tom Courtenay, Bob Hoskins, and David Hemmings) along with his son (Ray Winstone) carry out his last wish -- to have his ashes cast off the pier of the seaside town of Margate, where he and his beloved wife honeymooned and where he hoped to retire. As the group venture to the coast in a large black Mercedes, they reminisce about their younger, wilder days. Eventually, they end up in a pub where, in a haze of beer and tears, secrets are unveiled. Meanwhile, Jack's wife, Amy (Helen Mirren), visits the mentally disabled daughter that Jack refused to acknowledge. This film was screened at the 2001 Toronto Film Festival. ~ Jonathan Crow, Rovi
- Directed By
- Fred Schepisi
- Written By
- Fred Schepisi
- Genres
- Drama, Art House & International, Comedy
R,
- In Theaters
- Feb 15, 2002 Limited
- Studio
- Sony Pictures Classics
Critic Reviews
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David Stratton, Variety
Delicately handled and superbly textured, this fine adaptation of Graham Swift's Booker Prize-winning novel deals with all the really big subjects: love, friendship, death, life.
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Geoff Andrew, Time Out
One of the most rewarding and authentic depictions of/tributes to the Cockney way of life in recent years.
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Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
Gathering its forces slowly, this careful, thoughtful film, quietly but deeply moving, is dramatic without seeming to be.
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Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
A movie I loved on first sight and, even more important, love in remembrance.
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Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel
The film, like its characters, is limited by a provincial self-absorption.
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Cast
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Michael Caine
as Jack Dodd
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Bob Hoskins
as Ray
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Tom Courtenay
as Vic
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David Hemmings
as Lenny
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Ray Winstone
as Vince
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Helen Mirren
as Amy
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J.J. Feild
as Young Jack
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Anatol Yusef
as Young Ray
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Cameron Fitch
as Young Vic
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Nolan Hemmings
as Young Lenny
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Kelly Reilly
as Young Amy
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George Innes
as Bernie
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Laura Morelli
as June
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Claire Harman
as Sally
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Patricia Valentine
as Sue
