The Last Time (2006)
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35% of critics liked it
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41% of users liked it
(4,627 ratings)
A cynical New York salesman (Michael Keaton) finds his scornful ways unexpectedly softened upon falling for the fiancée of his new business partner (Brendan Fraser), a Midwest transplant attempting to find his footing in the city, in screenwriter-turned-director Michael Caleo's feature… More A cynical New York salesman (Michael Keaton) finds his scornful ways unexpectedly softened upon falling for the fiancée of his new business partner (Brendan Fraser), a Midwest transplant attempting to find his footing in the city, in screenwriter-turned-director Michael Caleo's feature directorial debut. The Bindview Company is a firm comfortably nestled in a corporate park that specializes in a highly profitable product. Ted (Keaton) is a former Northwestern University literature professor who has since found his calling in sales. When fresh-faced Ohio native Jamie (Fraser) arrives at Bindview eager to acclimate to life in the big city, cynical Ted greets the cub salesman with a palpable sense of scorn. Though Jamie is currently engaged to be married to the pretty Belisa (Amber Valletta), the bride-to-be is beginning to view her prospective spouse as something of a loser, and soon sets her sights on his reluctant mentor Ted. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi
- Directed By
- Michael Caleo
- Written By
- Michael Caleo
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy
R,
- In Theaters
- May 18, 2007 Wide
- On DVD
- Jul 10, 2007
- Studio
- Sony Pictures Entertainment
Critic Reviews
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Lou Lumenick, New York Post
[Writer-director] Caleo isn't able to sell The Last Time -- not the affair and especially not the ludicrous twist ending.
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Jack Mathews, New York Daily News
Feels like a script that was written backwards, as if the twist ending occurred to [writer-director] Caleo first and he then filled out a story to get to it. Fair enough, except getting there in this case is just no fun.
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Kevin Crust, Los Angeles Times
Strives for contemporary noir in tone but feels closer to an ineffective parody of James M. Cain filtered through faux David Mamet dialogue.
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John Anderson, Newsday
While his cast is first-rate, director-writer Michael Caleo doesn't know quite what his movie is about.
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Rex Reed, New York Observer
For all the good work that went into it, the movie is as phony as a game of three-card monte.
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