Mr. Morgan's Last Love
Feel-good adaptation of French novel La Douceur Assassine that tells the story of an unlikely friendship between an American widower living in Paris (Michael Caine) and a young French dance instructor (In Bruges's Clémence Poésy).
When the wife of Princeton philosophy professor Matthew Morgan (Caine) passes away, he retires to Paris and contemplates suicide. There he meets the disarming Pauline (Poésy) on a bus, whose sunny disposition slowly transforms his dark outlook on life. After he is hospitalised, Matthew also seeks to reconnect with estranged son and daughter, played by Justin Kirk (Weeds) and Gillian Anderson (The X-Files), and put the demons of his past to rest.
- Director:
- Sandra Nettelbeck ('Helen', 'Mostly Martha')
- Writer:
- Sandra NettelbeckFrançoise Dorner
- Cast:
- Michael CaineClémence PoésyGillian AndersonJustin KirkJane Alexander
Reviews & comments
Flicks, Adam Fresco
flicksEarly on in director Sandra Nettelbeck’s drama, a knock at the door prevents Michael Caine’s suicide. It’s a pretty good gauge of a film’s tedium level when you’re cursing the interruption to the lead character’s demise. The cast deliver committed performances but, in a movie delivered at a snail’s pace, there’s way too much time to notice the devil in the details.
Slow, gentle and melancholic
I liked this film a lot. Yes, it has many flaws but none of them really bothered me as most were mere details and did not take away from the essence of the film. What got me was the universal themes: the grief, the human connections, the ache and the longing ... the complexity of relationship, be it friends, family or lover. This film will definitely find...
Time Out
pressThough there are some small, beautiful moments in Nettelbeck’s drama, Last Love as a whole feels like it’s been dosed with Xanax.
The New York Times
pressThis dull, dawdling film... eventually succumbs to sentimentality.
The Dissolve
pressHardly presents itself as a challenging picture, tugging as it does at the heartstrings with gentle persistence, but at its best moments, it is a sweetly considered one.
Hollywood Reporter
pressThe main problem is a structural one, as it is really two films in one.
Flicks, Adam Fresco
flicksEarly on in director Sandra Nettelbeck’s drama, a knock at the door prevents Michael Caine’s suicide. It’s a pretty good gauge of a film’s tedium level when you’re cursing the interruption to the lead character’s demise. The cast deliver committed performances but, in a movie delivered at a snail’s pace, there’s way too much time to notice the devil in the details.
Time Out
pressThough there are some small, beautiful moments in Nettelbeck’s drama, Last Love as a whole feels like it’s been dosed with Xanax.
The New York Times
pressThis dull, dawdling film... eventually succumbs to sentimentality.
The Dissolve
pressHardly presents itself as a challenging picture, tugging as it does at the heartstrings with gentle persistence, but at its best moments, it is a sweetly considered one.
Hollywood Reporter
pressThe main problem is a structural one, as it is really two films in one.
Slow, gentle and melancholic
I liked this film a lot. Yes, it has many flaws but none of them really bothered me as most were mere details and did not take away from the essence of the film. What got me was the universal themes: the grief, the human connections, the ache and the longing ... the complexity of relationship, be it friends, family or lover. This film will definitely...
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