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21 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88Chicago TribuneChicago TribuneA film that celebrates simple human kindness. If the ending feels somewhat unsatisfying, it is perhaps because one hates to see this too-brief film end at all.
- 80Chicago ReaderLisa AlspectorChicago ReaderLisa AlspectorA hopeless romantic meets a hapless realist in this gritty, elegant drama brimming with spontaneous-seeming close-ups.
- 80New York Magazine (Vulture)Peter RainerNew York Magazine (Vulture)Peter RainerUnsatisfying at a very high level. It fritters away more than most movies ever offer up.
- 80Film.comErnest HardyFilm.comErnest HardyIt's a sweet and wise film - neither groundbreaking nor revolutionary save for the fact that it places narrative and character arc at the center of its concerns.
- 80Dallas ObserverGregory WeinkaufDallas ObserverGregory WeinkaufHis (Pawlikowski) love story, which is by turns sensuous, charming, and uniquely moving.
- 75San Francisco ChronicleWesley MorrisSan Francisco ChronicleWesley MorrisA must-see.
- 75Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertI like the way Last Resort ends, how it concludes its emotional journey without pretending the underlying story is over. You walk out of the theater curiously touched.
- 70Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanPawlikowski, whose background is in documentary film, has an eye for the menacingly forlorn and elegantly bleak. Last Resort, which was shot without a script and developed largely in collaboration with the actors, is a kind of verité fantasy.
- 70The New York TimesDana StevensThe New York TimesDana StevensThough Last Resort dwells on sorrowful circumstances and illuminates a grim corner of contemporary reality, it is far from depressing.
- 70Washington PostDesson ThomsonWashington PostDesson ThomsonCompelling, if sometimes grittily depressing, viewing.