the last word movie review

It acknowledges the pain. Shes retired after running an advertising company.

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If nothing else the dramatic comedy The Last Word provides one thing.

. I enjoyed seeing this new movie starring Shirley McClain last night on a girls night out Not expecting much of this film it turned out to be way better than I expected it would be. The Last Word is a movie for people who lovelike Shirley MacLaine and I am one who does. THE LAST WORD is an engaging comedy with a stellar performance by Shirley MacLaine.

After ODing on her meds she starts being concerned about her obituary. To make sure her life story is told her way she pays off her local newspaper to have her obituary written in advance under her watchful eye. Her family is estranged and nobody likes her.

Although the story is sometimes predictable the filmmakers use witty lines lighthearted music and upbeat scenes to inject a lighthearted spirit. The main character played well by McClain is a prickly person who tries to get the newspaper obituary writer to write her obituary while she is still. The Last Word goes one step further.

But Anne Amanda Seyfried the young journalist assigned to the task. Read critic reviews You might also like. This is one of the better horrorcrimesurvival drama in the recent times.

THE LAST WORD. He is a excellent German actor with roots in east Germany. Last Words Review.

Shirley McLaine and Amanda Seyfried star in a dramatic comedy about a control-freak businesswoman who. 2 stars out of 5. Harriet Shirley MacLaine is a successful retired businesswoman who wants to control everything around her until the bitter end.

The following discusses plot points from the new Elvis movie and the real life of Elvis Presley. The epic biopic. The Last Word review unbearably cute and condescending Amanda Seyfried and Shirley MacLaine play a journalist and a cantankerous old woman.

Harriet Lauler Shirley MacLaine is an opinionated controlling rich old lady. It gives Shirley MacLaine a great role in which to sink her teeth. Cinema After the End of the World In this post-apocalyptic drama a young man meets the grizzled last guardian of a cinematic archive played by Nick Nolte.

And then it tells us to push ahead no matter that costeven if it means leaving behind a trail of shattered promises and broken hearts. Shirley MacLaine enters beautiful scowl first in The Last Word a sweet-and-sour dramatic comedy that would be unbearable without her. The story reminds viewers that life is short but its never too late to change repent and forgive.

Instead it just made me miss them-even more than usual. It is a pleasure to see him teaming up with German superstar of. Of course there was a scope for more Ethan Hawke but there is enough to.

The Last Word proves Shirley MacLaine remains a wonderfully magnetic screen presence -- and deserving of a far better vehicle for her considerable talents. Just to mention his character Chris Düring in the wonderful tragic comedy HALBE TREPPE. By Manohla Dargis.

The Last Word ostensibly about women journalists and cranky old women is a movie that couldve paid homage to them. There are no featured reviews for The Last Word because the movie has not released yet. See Movies in Theaters.

It acknowledges the cost. That turns out to be a gift not only to the Hollywood veteran but to audiences as well. Best known for his work with Andreas Dresen.

Mar 24 2017. Stop reading if you havent seen it yet and dont want to know. She hires newspaper obit writer Anne Sherman Amanda Seyfried to write one for her.

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