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List Price: $14.99 | | Label: Dreamworks Video
Salesrank: 29287
Released: December 26, 2006 |
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MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
The Last Kiss is a contemporary comedy-drama about life love infidelity forgiveness marriage friendship and coming to grips with turning 30. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: R UPC: 097361201245 Manufacturer No: 120124
Description of The Last Kiss (Full Screen Edition):
A remake of the Italian film L'Ultimo Bacio, The Last Kiss was largely ignored in theaters despite its Gen-X themes and appeal of star Zach Braff (Scrubs), who last made a splash in theaters with his similar twentysomething angst film Garden State. A drama about midlife crises (mostly for people approaching 30, that is), director Tony Goldwyn (A Walk on the Moon) has assembled a top-notch cast, but there's not enough likeability in the characters to care. Architect Michael (Zach Braff) is a commitmentphobe who wanders into a flirtation with coed Kim (Rachel Bilson) because he's gun-shy about settling down with his perfect girlfriend Jenna (Jacinda Barrett), who's expecting his child. His fellow pals face their own romantic crossroads; one (Michael Weston) desires to settle down with a woman who doesn't love him back; another (Eric Christian Olsen) can't find someone who just wants a meaningless fling like him; and the third (Casey Affleck), ponders leaving his weary wife who's constantly berating his shortcomings as a father. Most depressing is Jenna's mother (Blythe Danner), who's tired of feeling neglected by her stoic husband (Tom Wilkinson). Danner and Wilkinson are compelling as longtime marrieds who've lost their spark, but Braff's character is wholly unlikeable, even aside from his indiscretions. The bright spot is Bilson, in her first movie role, utterly adorable as the sexy college student who's got more parts vulnerability and sass than any stuck in the Other Woman role. There's some fine acting in The Last Kiss, but not enough character development to care about anything they're going through.
The DVD includes a commentary featuring cast members Braff, Barrett, Olsen, Bilson, and director Goldwyn, who all mainly hoot during Olsen's sex scenes and ogle Bilson's seductive dancing. Braff and Goldwyn also imitate Bilson's high-pitched speedchatter throughout, while Barrett educates the cast on the similarities between "the dingo ate my baby" and the O.J. Simpson case (don't ask). It's all the more entertaining compared to a separate commentary track with just Goldwyn and Braff, who mostly drones about the music he picked for the film (Remy Zero, Snow Patrol, Aimee Mann) and raves about the minimalist score, done by singer Michael Penn. And oh, they ogle Bilson's dancing in this one too. -- Ellen A. Kim
The Last Kiss (Full Screen Edition) Reviews:
Great movie, great director 
2008-09-18 - Zack Braff is not only a great actor, but a great director as well. I loved this movie, for the script, the acting, and the plot. Plus, it's a great movie to sit down and watch with a potential girlfriend. :-P
The story of a schmuck(s) 
2008-08-03 - I liked this because the acting was decent, and the script was intelligent, if somewhat predictable.
good remake 
2008-06-29 - I thought this was interesting movie and it was wrost the money I paid. I get manyo f my dvd half price keep that in mind. It not shakerspeare, but hey it good enough for moi.
Make it last!
2008-05-04 - Here is a heart-wrenching movie about a love triangle. Mike (played by Zach Braff) is engaged to his girlfriend, Jenna (Jacinda Barrett). Unfortunately, he has 2 problems. One, he has a phobia about getting married. Two, he is in the process of being seduced by a college co-ed (Rachel Bilson).
To complicate matters, his bride-to-be is carrying his child. Needless to say, this all makes for a VERY messy situation. He has several male friends in different stages of relationships, and it seems that the lot of them have some growing up to do as well as Mike. You can even throw Jenna's father into the category of a guy who needs to "grow up." However, Mike's transgressions are the most egregious of any character's in the film.
What makes this film work is the emotional performance of Barrett. If we don't empathize w/her character, then the film is a wash. She does a good job of portraying a woman who is extremely hurt & vulnerable, w/out crossing over the line & becoming a character who is just-plain-annoying.
All in all, this is not a great movie, but it's something of a sentimental one. It's all about how we need to "let go" of the past (as well as our past habits) as we move through different stages in life. It's about how we need to do thus even when we feel a yearning for our childhood when things were so much simpler. That, I think, is what this film is all about, even more than the issue of cheating vs. not-cheating on your spouse / fiance' / significant other.
One Star Is Generous 
2008-02-17 - This movie represents everything that is wrong with Hollywood. One character was more pathetic than the next. Zach Braff's character cheats on his "perfect" pregnant girlfriend and then acts like it's somehow her fault that he did it. I was begging, pleading with her toward the end not to take him back, but he slept on the porch for a few days (even when it rained!), so I guess he should be forgiven. Casey Affleck self-righteously dumps his wife/mother of his child because she is frustrated with him for being a terrible father. He "takes the high road" by leaving her - she's such a drain with that crying baby. Give me a break. The saddest part was the normally respectable Blthye Danner and Tom Wilkinson as the parents who also cheat on each other because hey, 30 years of marriage is a long time. Then they welcome Zach Braff back into the house after he cheats on their pregnant daughter! I feel bad for the poor loser who wrote this script - its transparency was nauseating. I also pity anyone who actually paid to see this "Gen-X" garbage. I am part of Gen-X and it made me sick.
