The Last Thing He Wanted (2020)
Director: Dee Rees
Stars: Anne Hathaway, Ben Affleck, Rosie PerezRuntime: 115 minutes
Synopsis: 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.
Performances: 7/10
Screenplay: 3/10
Editing: 4/10
Cinematography: 5/10
Score/Soundtrack: 4/10
Screenplay: 3/10
Editing: 4/10
Cinematography: 5/10
Score/Soundtrack: 4/10
Verdict:
(+) Anne Hathaway's performance, while not being one that carried the film, was certainly its best element.
(+) It's on Netflix, so you can stop it at any moment without regretting paying for a ticket to watch it.
(-) I watched this movie thinking that it was based on real events, which at least would've justified my viewing as being an educational one. But then I figured out that it was based on a fictional novel and now I can't really think of any reason why I'd recommend it to anyone.
(-) The story is incredibly dull, formulaic, messy, and nothing we haven't seen a million times. Yet another disposable political thriller no one's going to remember in a few days' time.
(-) The dialogue was cheesy and uninteresting. Add to that countless lines with no other purpose than to throw in lazy exposition.
(-) The score was uninspired and didn't improve any of the scenes in which it was featured.
(-) The tension is handled in a very ineffective way. Never even slightly felt the weight of it.
(+) Anne Hathaway's performance, while not being one that carried the film, was certainly its best element.
(+) It's on Netflix, so you can stop it at any moment without regretting paying for a ticket to watch it.
(-) I watched this movie thinking that it was based on real events, which at least would've justified my viewing as being an educational one. But then I figured out that it was based on a fictional novel and now I can't really think of any reason why I'd recommend it to anyone.
(-) The story is incredibly dull, formulaic, messy, and nothing we haven't seen a million times. Yet another disposable political thriller no one's going to remember in a few days' time.
(-) The dialogue was cheesy and uninteresting. Add to that countless lines with no other purpose than to throw in lazy exposition.
(-) The score was uninspired and didn't improve any of the scenes in which it was featured.
(-) The tension is handled in a very ineffective way. Never even slightly felt the weight of it.
FINAL GRADE: 4/10
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