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The Last Kiss
Movie Stats & Links |
| Starring: |
Zach Braff,
Jacinda Barrett, Rachel Bilson, Casey Affleck, Blythe Danner |
| MPAA Rated: |
R |
| Released By: |
Dreamworks SKG |
| Web Site: |
www.lastkissmovie.com |
| Kiddie Movie: |
Only if you want
them to never get married. |
| Date Movie: |
You might both
learn about living in a true relationship. |
| Gratuitous Sex: |
Quite a bit, even
a Kama Sutra pose |
| Gratuitous
Violence: |
Some hitting and
knife wielding. |
| Action: |
Not really. |
| Laughs: |
Some fun looks at
life. |
| Memorable
Scene: |
The knife wielding
scene was intense. |
| Memorable
Quote: |
Actually a few too
many to mention. |
| Directed By: |
Tony Goldwyn |
| Produced By: |
Gary Lucchesi, Tom Rosenberg, Marcus Viscidi,
Andre Lamal |
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The Last Kiss
A Movie Review |
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I was probably about an hour into "The Last Kiss" when I
thought to myself "Self, wow, this movie isn’t really
uplifting at all." I remember the trailer seeming to show
the movie as a sort of nice romantic comedy, but this movie
was far from it. Don’t get me wrong, I was being
entertained, but this movie was starting to become a total
downer. Here’s some quick story stuff without trying to
spoil too much…
Zach Braff is Michael and he’s clipping that 20 to 30 age
group. He’s got what he thinks is the perfect girlfriend in
Jenna (Jacinda Barrett), and we get introduced to them
finding out that Jenna is pregnant with Michael and Jenna
living in sin. Jenna’s dad, Stephen, (Tom Wilkinson) is
happy for them, but you can easily see that mom, Anna,
(Blythe Danner) wants them married. As the movie moves on we
are also introduced to all of Michael’s friends and their
disintegrating lives, and find out that Stephen and Anna’s
life isn’t the marital bliss we might have thought. Enter
Kim (Rachel Bilson). Kim is clipping that teen to 20 age
group, and Michael meets her at his friend’s wedding. Kim is
cute, represents being wild and young, while Michael is
screwed in the head thinking his life is totally scripted
now, and that there won’t be anymore surprises. Torment hits
Michael as he teeters and totters between getting it on with
Kim and living his life with Jenna.
And I’m not even getting into the screwed up
relationships of Michael’s friends, because that will just
add to the complications of the movie.
Unlike the trailer, "The Last Kiss" is really a decent
look at the complexity of relationships, and how even though
things can seem perfect on the outside, on the inside no one
except the two directly involved really know what is
happening, until things explode, and at that time friends
and family finally get involved. So whereas the trailer just
hinted at Michael being interested in Kim, "The Last Kiss"
actually shows that "being interested in" is a far cry from
"being in." I think that gives enough away.
As much as I would like to thank the movie folks for this
movie for not giving us a cookie-cutter romantic comedy
about "growing up" and "relationships," and instead gave us
some real-life stories that most of us over 25 can relate
to, I am sort of pissed that the trailer didn’t really
portray this because when I went into the movie I was
looking for a lot more happy than sad, but got more sad than
happy. Don’t get me wrong, the movie does nicely put all of
the pieces together, some happy, some not so happy, and some
just getting things back together, but my warning is that
even though the movie does have some funny, be ready for
reality.
So along with real-life issues, "The Last Kiss" also
gives some gratuitous nudity, some sex, some true-life
marital violence, sadness, and happiness. The trailer
doesn’t show it, and maybe we really don’t want to see it on
the movie screen, but "The Last Kiss" gives a realer look at
relationships and growing older. For that I give "The Last
Kiss" 4 stars out of 5.
That’s it for this one! I’m The Dude on the Right!!
L8R!!! |
