Last Love - Movie Reviews

“Last Love” is a poignant film about lost souls desperate to plug holes in their lives. It’s charming, sweet, somber, and heartbreaking.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 23, 2022

Nettlebeck has amassed an interesting cast likely to attract attention, so it's disheartening that the film is ultimately a rather ungainly and predictable familial drama.

Full Review | Aug 29, 2019

A near-glacial two hours that somehow forgets to explore two of its more interesting characters - an impressive feat considering it only really has three to begin with.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jun 15, 2019

Overall, the final result is a little slight, there is enough warmth and charm to Mr Morgan's Last Love to carry it along amiably, with a small but excellent cast all of whom shine.

Full Review | Feb 26, 2019

The use of Paris is an especially lame attempt to fasttrack some pathos and twee romance into the mix and jars with the sometime deep politicking on grief and family politics.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Nov 12, 2018

It's Caine who shines brightest with his gentle anger and newfound joy mixing into a bittersweet reconciliatory release.

Full Review | Original Score: B | Jun 22, 2016

Caine's brave attempt to speak pigeon French with an American accent produces some unintentionally comedic moments. Every time he says 'Merci', for example, you'll think he's spotted a horse. As in "mare, see!"

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 10, 2014

Sir Michael Caine is London personified, a British movie icon with one of the most distinctive voices in cinema. So why on earth would you mis-cast him as an American in Paris with a totally implausible accent?

Full Review | Original Score: 3/10 | Jul 17, 2014

A melancholic cross between Venus and Goodbye, Mr Chips, which could have been more enticingly entitled Venus and Chips.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 14, 2014

The great Michael Caine brings a touching vulnerability to Mr Morgan's Last Love, a maudlin melodrama set in a pretty-looking Paris.

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 11, 2014

Caine's heart-rending flourish aside, this often mawkish drama struggles to make a point.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 11, 2014

The film is a little too soft-centred to do justice to its own themes of bereavement, jealousy and family breakdown.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 10, 2014

It soon becomes clear that the chances of Caine and Poésy's characters' lop-sided relationship germinating into something interesting are vanishingly slim.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 10, 2014

Ultimately something of a disappointment thanks to a frustrating script that lacks focus and isn't sure which story to tell.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 10, 2014

This sentimental Michael Caine drama is so dull that doctors could prescribe it to treat insomnia.

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 8, 2014

Complex emotions and a gentle exploration of interpersonal connections make this Paris-set drama worth a look, especially since it's so nicely played by the eclectic cast.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 7, 2014

The cloying sweetness of this film is pretty murderous.

Full Review | Original Score: 1/5 | Jul 3, 2014

[A] sentimental, platitude-strewn film ...

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jul 3, 2014

has a bitter sweet quality that will appeal to an older demographic whose empathy with the themes will overcome the glitches

Full Review | Mar 1, 2014

It's the labouring nature and tone of the story that eventually wore me down in this tale about grief, love and loss, despite a wonderful cast headed by Michael Caine

Full Review | Mar 1, 2014