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Last Kiss

Starring: Zach Braff, Jacinda Barrett, Rachel Bilson, Tom Wilkinson, Blythe Danner

Directed by: Tony Goldwyn

RS: 2of 4 Stars Average User Rating: 3of 4 Stars

2006 Paramount Drama

"I'm a whiner, and I can't stop whining." Zach Braff never says those words in this angst-ridden movie about guys pushing thirty. But in the pivotal role of Michael, an architect afraid to settle down with his pregnant girlfriend, Jenna (Jacinda Barrett), you feel he's thinking them every second. Should he marry Jenna or run off with college hottie Kim (O.C. cutie Rachel Bilson, deserving of a better role). Braff worked playfully with similar material as the writer, director and star of 2004's Garden State. But this script, anemically adapted by Crash Oscar-winner Paul Haggis from a hotblooded Italian film of the same name, is a slog. Director Tony Goldwyn tries for the lyrical melancholy he brought to A Walk on the Moon, but as Michael waits for days on Jenna's porch getting drenched (as irritating a scene as any in recent cinema), only the most rabid chick-flick fan will fail to notice that it's the movie that's all wet.

PETER TRAVERS

(Posted: Sep 15, 2006)

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1of 4 Stars

All I have to say is I was extremely disappointed with this film especially coming off of garden state which was decent. Zach Braff could do way better and his character in this movie made me want to vomit. Honestly this is one of the worst films I've seen in a while. It could have been a good portrayal of relationships in various stages but instead it is basically an hour and a half of Braff deciding which hottie he likes better. ridiculous. The only semi interesting plot line is the relationship between the parents.

Jan 21, 2007 21:10:23

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3of 4 Stars

Entertaining yet frustrating. The fling with Kim, its real roots and the necessary introspection are completely bypassed via quick repentance, purgatorial austerities and a few lame cliches.

While it is fair enough to claim "I was afraid" and imagine that is he marries his pregnant partner "there are no more surprises", in fact, this is nonsense - and by stepping around a deeper inquiry or having him find a different sense of responsibilty for his day to day future, nothing is really learned and nothing is really gained. It all seems for nought.

Lastly, three of the four women were conferred with long fits of hysteria, leaving a terribly bent impression of what's to be expected from parenthood and marriage.

Three stars for holding our interest, but two stars for trashing out the real story of twenty-nine, of affairs, of women with emotionally distant men.

Jan 17, 2007 14:37:51

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