Last Breath
Focus Features | Release Date: February 28, 2025 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Generally favorable reviews based on 33 Critic Reviews
Positive:
27
Mixed:
5
Negative:
1
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50
Wall Street JournalKyle SmithFeb 28, 2025
Last Breath, which runs a compact 91 minutes, doesn’t feel like a finished film: The dialogue is strictly functional, and there is so little time for establishing character that none of the three principals really makes an impression. Read full review
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LooperAlistair RyderFeb 27, 2025
The co-writer-slash-director's proximity to its real-life subjects means he can't put too much of an over-the-top Hollywood twist on the tale, but any intent to do justice to the reality of the story just left me wondering why he would want to tell it again if he weren't going to lean into the gloriously preposterous traits one would expect from the classic disaster movie. Read full review
40
EmpireHelen O'HaraMar 28, 2025
A curiously bloodless account of a real-life disaster that has moments of gripping tension punctuating long stretches of fatally understated business as usual. Read full review
40
The Film VerdictAlonso DuraldeFeb 28, 2025
Last Breath was made by someone who clearly connects with this material, but somewhere between the non-fiction and fiction versions, the emotional impact has been rendered unfathomable. Read full review
40
Rolling StoneDavid FearFeb 28, 2025
The dramatized version simply floats, roils and plods forward as if being tugged dutifully along, ticking off checkpoints along the way. That IRL ending still reads as miraculous. Yet the whole thing feels still feels starved for creative oxygen. Read full review
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