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The Last Thing He Wanted

Released Feb 21, 2020

1 hr. 55 min.

Crime

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

List

5%

56 Reviews

Tomatometer

14%

250+ Ratings

Audience Score

When she helps her father broker an arms deal, a reporter becomes involved in the story she's trying to break.

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Critics Consensus

It'll be the last thing most viewers want, too.

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Janette S

Boring. Confusing. And tries to prop itself up through clunky prose.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/13/24

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James M

Two thumbs up. You might need to know some history about central America. For the people that left bad reviews I suggest you pick up a book or stick with cartoons. This a great movie with serious acting and a historically accurate setting.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/06/23

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Sally G

So bad, it was almost funny. Almost.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

08/21/23

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Hector Y

Absolutely incoherent plot, leaving the audience grasping to make any sense of what is hapenning onscreen or why it is happening. Simply one of the very worst movies I have watched all year :(

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

06/15/23

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Alan S

I'll say one thing, Anne Hathaway looks great now that she finally ditched that ridiculous unibrow.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

11/21/22

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Kyle M

Fine cast doing what they could considering they were let down by given material adapted rather lost in transition into something nonsensically convoluting under vague direction to the point of not caring what unfolds incoherently. (C)

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

10/08/22

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Pajiba

Dee Rees's Joan Didion adaptation The Last Thing He Wanted very nearly works thanks to Anne Hathaway, but the film's narrative shortcomings crater it.

Mar 25, 2020

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Karen Han

Polygon

What's most frustrating about the film's incoherence is that there are still good sequences amid the chaos.

Feb 24, 2020

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Stephanie Zacharek

TIME Magazine

The Last Thing He Wanted seems so taken with its own intricacy that it manages only to trip itself up.

Feb 21, 2020

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

It’s built like a thriller and paced liked one too. But it lacks the narrative cohesion needed to bring its many moving parts together. So you’re left with an ambitious movie that looks the part but is maddening in its inability to make sense.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 23, 2022

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A.S. Hamrah

The Baffler

Rees should have pulled the plug on the whole thing...Instead the film drowns on its own.

Sep 16, 2020

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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 storytelling and slavish devotion to its source material.

May 4, 2020

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Synopsis

When she helps her father broker an arms deal, a reporter becomes involved in the story she's trying to break.

Director: Dee Rees
Production Co: Elevated Films
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Feb 21, 2020, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 21, 2020

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