The Last Kiss
Paramount Pictures | Release Date: September 15, 2006 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
57
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Mixed or average reviews based on 27 Critic Reviews
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16
Mixed:
10
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
83
Baltimore SunChris Kaltenbach
The film marks Braff as a talent to watch, blessed with the sort of natural, everyman appeal that audiences eat up. Read full review
80
Chicago ReaderJ.R. Jones
Screenwriter Paul Haggis (Crash, Million Dollar Baby) has turned the Italian romantic comedy "L'Ultimo Bacio" (2001) into something smarter, funnier, and more penetrating. Read full review
80
EmpireOlly Richards
Crediting its audience with emotional intelligence, this rises well above your usual rom-com-dram. But if you’re planning on seeing it with your other half, be warned: it might invite some uncomfortable discussions afterwards. Read full review
75
ReelViewsJames Berardinelli
Haggis' dialogue is virtually without clunkers, and it is delivered with the appropriate weight by a solid cast. Braff's limp performance is countered by Barrett's emotional riveting one (although he's in more scenes than she is). Read full review
75
Chicago TribuneJessica Reaves
A smart, witty, sexy take on the perils of becoming an adult. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleRuthe Stein
The Last Kiss ponders what you give up -- and what you gain -- from sticking with what you've got. Read full review
75
Portland OregonianShawn Levy
For the most part, The Last Kiss engages and pleases with its shaggy earnestness. Read full review
75
Miami HeraldConnie Ogle
When it comes to exploring our peculiar blindness as to what's important in our lives, the film is a disturbing but accurate road map. Read full review
70
VarietyLisa Nesselson
All-American adaptation by Paul Haggis of Gabriele Muccino's 2001 Italian hit "L'Ultimo bacio" is chummy, consensual and always watchable in Tony Goldwyn's polished rendition of emotional messiness. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterMichael Rechtshaffen
Proving that with solid direction, tight writing and strong performances an American remake can actually be as good as the foreign-language original, The Last Kiss, an unusually perceptive dramedy about contemporary relationships also manages to stand quite capably on its own two feet. Read full review
70
Washington PostDesson Thomson
Danner's performance, as she rages against the dying of the romantic light, all but steals the movie from Braff. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
Thanks to Haggis and the cast, who are convincing, often bitingly so, in their willingness to dive into the dark and unknowable depths of the modern American romantic relationship, The Last Kiss mirrors reality with remarkable faithfulness. Read full review
63
USA TodayClaudia Puig
The movie occasionally reveals truths about relationships that, while not earth-shattering, are nonetheless entertaining and worth considering. Read full review
63
TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonagh
Veterans Danner and Wilkinson effortlessly make Anna and Stephen more interesting than all the youngsters combined. Read full review
63
New York Daily NewsJack Mathews
Paints itself into a corner from which it cannot escape. By the end, the movie is still in that corner, tossing out overlapping notes of hope and gloom and counting on viewers to write the ending they want. I'd leave the movie in the corner. Read full review
63
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick Groen
Actor-turned-director Tony Goldwyn elicits solid performances from the cast, then undercuts them by resorting to a trite montage or a clunky set-piece, inevitably scored with an obtrusive rock tune telling us what to feel and when to feel it. Read full review
60
SalonAndrew O'Hehir
The Last Kiss is more a capable-craftsman film than a work of genuine dramatic insight, but here and there it opens a window onto the terror and wonder of grown-up life, one its characters don't especially want to look through. Read full review
58
Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
An alarming male wallow passing as a fetching date-night dramedy. Read full review
50
Village VoiceElla Taylor
The Last Kiss isn't terrible, but if you're strapped for a night out it can easily wait till DVD. Better yet, it may be time to revisit "Diner." Read full review
50
The New York TimesA.O. Scott
The fallibility of the romantic ideal -- which is nonetheless indispensable on screen and off -- is something Hollywood has trouble dealing with. "The Break-up," in which Jennifer Aniston and Vince Vaughan did just what the title promised, would have been a more notable exception if it were anything like a good movie. The Last Kiss, while not quite a good movie either, at least deserves credit for its honesty. Read full review
50
Seattle Post-IntelligencerBill White
An exceptional Italian film becomes an average American one in this bland remake of Gabriele Muccino's "L' Ultimo Bacio." Read full review
50
New York PostLou Lumenick
If I were a member of Generation X, I would be fed up with Hollywood's obsession with the idea that its men are genetically incapable of growing up. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeTy Burr
It very much wants to be "Garden State" five years down the line. Read full review
50
Philadelphia InquirerSteven Rea
The trouble with The Last Kiss comes down to Paul Haggis' screenplay. Read full review
50
Rolling StonePeter Travers
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. Read full review
50
Los Angeles TimesCarina Chocano
Feels terminally generic and tone-deaf. Read full review
16
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
Unfortunately, nothing about Tony Goldwyn's vapid, navel-gazing, claustrophobic adaptation of a 2001 Italian film rings remotely true. Read full review
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