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Box Office: $760,379
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CONSENSUS
Well-preformed, but it's nothing we haven't seen before.
CAST & CREW
Stefano Accorsi, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Stefania Sandrelli
Directed by Gabriele Muccino
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SYNOPSIS
AUGUST 2002 (NY/LA) This intricately woven story centers on four buddies who are all about 30 years old and who are starting to think about settling into a more serious phase of their lives. more...
MPAA RATING
R, for language, sexuality and some drug use
RUNTIME
1 hour, 55 minutes
RELEASE DATES
Theatrical: Aug 16, 2002
RELEASE COMPANY
ThinkFilm
GENRE
Foreign Films, Italian, Friends, Comedy, Romance, Infidelity, Marriage, Italy, Relationships, Affairs, Babies
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SUBMIT/EDIT ARTICLE
SUBMIT USER REVIEW
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 "Though not much seen on these shores, Italian cinema, to judge by The Last Kiss, is alive and well."
-- Erica Abeel, FILM JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL
"In spite of the adolescent behavior of its players, it manages to charm."
-- Jeanne Aufmuth, AUFMUTH.COM
"Painted with broad strokes but with a palette of rich, colorful details."
-- Marta Barber, MIAMI HERALD
"The movie does a good job of laying out some of the major issues that we encounter as we journey through life."
-- Jay Boyar, ORLANDO SENTINEL
"[The film] tackles the topic of relationships in such a straightforward, emotionally honest manner that by the end, it's impossible to ascertain whether the film is, at its core, deeply pessimistic or quietly hopeful."
-- Matt Brunson, CREATIVE LOAFING
 "entertaining enough, but nothing new"
-- Laura Clifford, REELING REVIEWS
"Bittersweet comedy/drama full of life, hand gestures, and some really adorable Italian guys."
-- Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone, THEMOVIECHICKS.COM
"While puerile men dominate the story, the women shine."
-- Dan Fienberg, L.A. WEEKLY
"There's enough melodrama in this Magnolia Primavera to make PTA proud yet director Muccino's characters are less worthy of Puccini than they are of daytime television."
-- Ed Gonzalez, SLANT MAGAZINE
"Affectionately reminds us that, in any language, the huge stuff in life can usually be traced back to the little things."
-- Chris Hewitt, ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS
"Uses high comedy to evoke surprising poignance."
-- Harvey S. Karten, COMPUSERVE
"The film runs on a little longer than it needs to -- Muccino either doesn't notice when his story ends or just can't tear himself away from the characters -- but it's smooth and professional."
-- Jim Lane, SACRAMENTO NEWS & REVIEW
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"It picked me up, swung me around, and dropped me back in my seat with more emotional force than any other recent film."
-- Jeffrey M. Anderson, SAN FRANCISCO EXAMINER
"Muccino is honest in the emotional damage left by his immature men and passionate in his portraits of twentysomething commitment-phobes struggling against growing up."
-- Sean Axmaker, SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER
"Makes a good chick flick for guys who want to appear artsy by taking their date to a foreign language film."
-- Merle Bertrand, FILM THREAT
"Simultaneously heart-breaking and very funny, The Last Kiss is really all about performances."
-- Liz Braun, JAM! MOVIES
"Probes in a light-hearted way the romantic problems of individuals for whom the yearning for passion spells discontent."
-- Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat, SPIRITUALITY AND HEALTH
"This movie feel more like a non-stop cry for attention, than an attempt at any kind of satisfying entertainment."
-- Pete Croatto, FILMCRITIC.COM
"Director-chef Gabriele Muccino keeps it fast -- zippy, comin' at ya -- as if fearing that his film is molto superficiale."
-- David Elliott, SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE
""its successes are also tempered with elements which prove the direct antithesis of what it gets right.""
-- Mark Freeman, CRITICAL EYE
"The Last Kiss will probably never achieve the popularity of My Big Fat Greek Wedding, but its provocative central wedding sequence has far more impact."
-- John Hartl, SEATTLE TIMES
"What it lacks in substance it makes up for in heart."
-- Andrew Howe, FILM WRITTEN MAGAZINE
"It's a vast, messy -- but sharply edited -- circle that writer-director Gabriele Muccino makes inherently watchable with balanced doses of comedy and reality."
-- Laura Kelly, SOUTH FLORIDA SUN-SENTINEL
"Girlfriends are bad, wives are worse and babies are the kiss of death in this bitter Italian comedy."
-- Josh Larsen, SUN PUBLICATIONS (CHICAGO, IL)
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Avg. Rating: 6.7/10 |
"The director knows how to apply textural gloss, but his portrait of sex-as-war is strictly sitcom."
-- Michael Atkinson, VILLAGE VOICE
"It's hard to care about a film that proposes as epic tragedy the plight of a callow rich boy who is forced to choose between his beautiful, self-satisfied 22-year-old girlfriend and an equally beautiful, self-satisfied 18-year-old mistress."
-- Stephen Cole, GLOBE AND MAIL
"The problem is that the movie has no idea of it is serious or not."
-- Roger Ebert, CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
"The lively appeal of The Last Kiss lies in the ease with which it integrates thoughtfulness and pasta-fagioli comedy."
-- Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, ATLANTA JOURNAL-CONSTITUTION
"The Last Kiss, a crowd-pleaser in the deepest sense, mixes heartbreak and happiness together until you don't even want to see them apart."
-- Owen Gleiberman, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
"Muccino seems to be exploring the idea of why human beings long for what they don't have, and how this gets us in trouble. But even while his characters are acting horribly, he is always sympathetic."
-- Daphne Gordon, TORONTO STAR
"Even though many of these guys are less than adorable (their lamentations are pretty much self-centered), there's something vital about the movie."
-- Desson Howe, WASHINGTON POST
"Muccino, who directed from his own screenplay, is a canny crowd pleaser, and The Last Kiss ... provides more than enough sentimental catharsis for a satisfying evening at the multiplex."
-- Dave Kehr, NEW YORK TIMES
"The Last Kiss can and should be appreciated as an uproarious comedy of sexual manners, but get past that layer and there's a darker, more pessimistic movie underneath."
-- Mick LaSalle, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
"More tiring than anything."
-- Terry Lawson, DETROIT FREE PRESS
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