The Last Time (2006)

Terrible acting, screenplay and direction.

Masterful Movie

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

Worth seeing just to witness how winsome it is.

THe Last Time misses the mark, It wastes the talent of Micheal Keaton & Brendan Fraser. Micheal Keaton is made to use the 'f' to many times & makes you hate his character even more. Brendan Fraser for nearly the entire film is a 'doofus'.He is redeemed at the end, (this is the only reason the rating is not lower.The female role is attempted by an someone I never hear of or seen before. Amber Valletta. She is very pretty, BUT to be absolutely honest, a non-actress like Jessica Alba would have been better.The story is very underwritten.To be fair, This movie was supposed to be filmed in New Orleans, BUT Katrina chased them out of town, It was re-written & filmed in New York. They probably were over-rushed to finish the film & did not pay attention to the mess they created.It was released to only a handful of theatres in 2007. It had a very short run in Los Angeles.Ratings ** (out of 4) 52 points (out of 100) IMDb 4 (out of 10)

Awful. Shallow, transparent, and surprisingly uninspired acting from Keaton and Fraser. The fact that the story is centered around a couple of high-octane air-conditioner salesmen (or similar bland, fill-in-the-blank household product) trying to sound and act like Wall-Street brokers is laughable. Fraser is out of place with a comical performance as your overly-friendly, non-threatening neighborhood Midwesterner, while Keaton's dialogue filled with expletives every other sentence is empty and tasteless. Amber Valletta is simply eye-candy. Production looks cheap and the attempt at making New Orleans look like New York is poor. Straight-to-DVD movie for those that like to pretend to think without actually doing so.

Now, this is a movie with a ton of flaws, I won't deny that but I'm not going to as nit-picky as some of the users here. Some people seem to enjoy movies but then later find flaws or plot holes or question some of the believability of scenes, then later decide they didn't like it even though they enjoyed the movie when they saw it, and throughout the course of 100 minutes, they were thoroughly entertained. Michael Keaton in this movie is such an unpredictable fascinating character that nobody can say they were bored. They may not think the performance is believable as a real person, but it wasn't boring.I'm recommending this movie because I was entertained, simple as that. There was many problems I had throughout the film that were all solved by the end, but the ending created more problems if I took the time to think about it. But taking the time to think about it after the fact shouldn't affect my emotional response I had when the credits were rolling. People blast movies like Sixth Sense for the same reason. By the twist ending, everybody in the audience were shocked. Their minds were reeling. They were entertained. Then, driving home, they rethink the movie with knowledge of the twist, and find all sorts of plot holes. Then they decide they hate the movie. If you are entertained during the course of the movie, that's all that matters. Don't analyze everything and try to find problems.

This was a surprisingly good movie. Its a good drama with a little bit of black and satirical comedy. It has a solid and convincing plot, the story about Jamie, a supposedly happy guy who arrives to NY with his fiancée Balisa to work as a salesman where he meets Ted, another some kind of bitter and unfriendly co-worker salesman that is teaching him the way the business is supposed to be. When Ted falls in love of Belisa, the lives of all three begin to change. It is full of twists and although it begins a little slow,it gets a very good rhythm around its second half with and unexpected ending. Michael Caleo did a really good job directing his very first film and also by writing the script. The cast is very good and the acting was decent overall. Michael Keaton was excellent, giving his best performance in a very very long time, Brendan Fraser is also very good, he has some very funny moments, he isn't a young actor anymore but he has been evolving in his acting, Amber Valetta a young and beautiful actress, her role was important for the story. In conclusion, its a thrilling, entertaining and enjoyable film that will keep you on the edge of your seat. A movie that makes you see how life can change in just a second