The Last Thing He Wanted
Netflix | Release Date: February 14, 2020 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
35
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Generally unfavorable reviews based on 16 Critic Reviews
Positive:
1
Mixed:
10
Negative:
5
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38
Movie NationRoger MooreFeb 21, 2020
It stops making sense about thirty minutes in and never recovers. Read full review
38
RogerEbert.comNick AllenJan 31, 2020
Dee Rees’ The Last Thing He Wanted is incomprehensible to an almost impressive degree — usually when a movie's narrative gets so out of control, it over-corrects itself at some point before the end. But not here. Read full review
25
The Associated PressMark KennedyFeb 12, 2020
The first half doesn’t fit with the second half, there are too many distractions and the filmmakers think it’s clever to leave clues but they do it clumsily and at the last minute and it’s really exhausting for the viewer. Read full review
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The Film StageJordan RaupJan 31, 2020
The tell-all exposé on why exactly The Last Thing He Wanted is a failure on almost every level is likely many years away, but it’s been some time since such a promising concoction of talented ingredients has resulted in something so impossibly dull, gratingly lethargic, and utterly incoherent. Read full review
10
Rolling StonePeter TraversFeb 19, 2020
On film, The Last Thing He Wanted settles for just being hollow. It’s the last thing any of us wanted. Read full review
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