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Last Call

2002 · 96 min

A quiet, bittersweet character study that lingers on creative decline and fragile companionship, rewarding patient viewers with emotional depth.

Directed by
Henry Bromell
Genres
Drama
Overview
Renowned writer F. Scott Fitzgerald is living the last months of his life with his youthful secretary, confidant, and protégé who later wrote a memoir of their time together.

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Directed by
Henry Bromell
Genres
Drama
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • aging
  • art
  • addiction
  • memory
  • friendship
Places
  • home
  • big city
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour3
Realism9
Romance2
Tension4
Darkness6
Complexity6
Emotional weight8

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Genres
drama
Directed by
Henry Bromell
Written by
Henry Bromell
Starring
Jeremy Irons, Neve Campbell, Sissy Spacek, Shannon Lawson, Paul Hecht, Natalie Radford, Kathleen Munroe, Brian Paul
Music
Brian Tyler
Cinematography
Jeffrey Jur
Runtime
96 min
Country
Canada, United States of America
Languages
English

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