Last Night
Miramax Films | Release Date: May 6, 2011 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
50
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 15 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
11
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanMay 4, 2011
Last Night is on to something fascinating. It meditates on the meaning of adultery: the purposes it serves, beyond sex. Read full review
70
VarietyRob NelsonMay 2, 2011
An aptly gorgeous-looking Manhattan meller whose quartet of sexy actors proves no less attractive than the well-mounted picture as a whole. Read full review
63
ObserverRex ReedMay 4, 2011
Beautifully shot and reeking with style, Last Night is as slow as sorghum; nothing ever really happens. Read full review
60
EmpireHelen O'HaraMay 30, 2011
Somehow less than the sum of its very impressive parts. Massy Tadjedin brings out the best of her strong cast but all the eyeball-melting beautyon display and the highly polished treatment of the story could have done with a touch of authentic grit. Read full review
60
New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanMay 6, 2011
Knightley and Canet make a far more compelling pair. As they wander through the city after hours, doing nothing more than talking, they generate the kind of romantic heat that's all too rare onscreen. Read full review
60
The New York TimesManohla DargisMay 5, 2011
Nominally a story about sex, lies and faithfulness, Last Night is more truly a cautionary tale about mousetrap narratives. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeWesley MorrisMay 12, 2011
It's the sort of movie that thinks cutting between two different stories makes it art. Usually, it feels like an exercise in art. There's a lot of calisthenics but very little beauty or truth or whatever it is the movie is going for. Read full review
50
New York PostKyle SmithMay 6, 2011
Suspenseful though it is, the movie is quiet to the point of being sleepy, and Worthington is simply not working out as a screen star. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesSheri LindenMay 5, 2011
With true insights in short supply, the on-the-nose material fails to seduce. Read full review
50
Village VoiceKarina LongworthMay 3, 2011
First-time director Massy Tadjedin conjures some essence of constrained desire, but mostly from the architecture. Read full review
42
Christian Science MonitorPeter RainerMay 6, 2011
Writer-director Massy Tadjedin cuts back and forth between these twin temptations. Will Michael succumb and prove Joanna correct in her suspicions? Will Alex's French accent conquer all? Do you care? I didn't. Read full review
40
Boxoffice MagazineVadim RizovMay 9, 2011
The glossy Manhattan footage, as hermetic as Woody Allen's rendition of New York, is engagingly expensive-looking at least, but the cast is barely given anything to work with. Read full review
40
Time OutDavid FearMay 3, 2011
Given how prominent the postcard sultriness of her backdrop is compared with the story's emotional ping-pong, all she ends up with is a kinder, chicer Adrian Lyne movie. Read full review
40
The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttMay 2, 2011
Last Night is a sex tease, but that makes it sound more exciting than it ever becomes. Read full review
38
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Stephen ColeMay 20, 2011
Last Night is a New York morality play: A film in love with (lower) Manhattan that is suspicious of real romance. What it lacks is Allen's sense of horseplay; his appetite for lunatic adventure. When you take a bite of the Big Apple, you're not supposed to nibble. Read full review
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