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14 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 80VarietyAmy NicholsonVarietyAmy NicholsonA gut punch with a side of anguish.
- 78Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerAustin ChronicleRichard WhittakerIt's another tour de force performance from Jenkins, in the same week as his headturning performance as the pater familias of a clan of grifters in "Kajillionaire."
- 75The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzAs much as Stanley wants to believe in binaries – good honest work versus cheating, respect versus irresponsibility – Cohn’s low-key narrative undercuts such disingenuous naivety. Combine that with Jenkins’s slow-burn performance, and you have a film that speaks to, rather than talks down to, its audience.
- 75New York PostJohnny OleksinskiNew York PostJohnny OleksinskiIt’s a low-key rest-stop story that appreciates life’s banalities and the struggles of ordinary people.
- 70The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThe Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyThis funny-sad chamber piece is underwhelming in cinematic terms, but its perceptive script and the incisively etched characterizations of a sterling ensemble make it warmly satisfying.
- 67IndieWireDavid EhrlichIndieWireDavid EhrlichThe Last Shift is told with a light touch that allows the film to sneak up on you, and even its most painful moments are softened by heartrending solidarity.
- 50The New York TimesGlenn KennyThe New York TimesGlenn KennySo far, so good, in the mismatched maybe-eventual-buddy-comedy department. But the movie, written and directed by Andrew Cohn, wants a deeper dimension, and in pursuing that, goes wrong.
- 40SlashfilmBen PearsonSlashfilmBen PearsonThe movie never arrives at a place where all of its conversations and provocations feel like they coalesce into a clear thesis, and its frustrating ending leans toward emotional resonance but doesn’t land with the punch the filmmakers were hoping.
- 40Los Angeles TimesKevin CrustLos Angeles TimesKevin CrustCohn, an Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker, likely was aiming for subtlety, but these are not subtle times. Trying to get a spark from a damp match is a lot harder than holding a flame to dry kindling.