Last Resort (2000)

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90	Los Angeles Times Kenneth Turan This is the best class of poetic realism, the kind you can believe in without a trace of hesitation.
90	Wall Street Journal Joe Morgenstern A huge delight.
89	Mr. Showbiz Michael Atkinson Maddin's movie is, frame for frame, the densest and most spectacular (albeit cardboard-cheap) film playing anywhere.
83	Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman Moving and eerily beautiful.
75	Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert I like the way Last Resort ends, how it concludes its emotional journey without pretending the underlying story is over. You walk out of the theater curiously touched.
75	San Francisco Chronicle Wesley Morris A must-see.
75	Philadelphia Inquirer Steven Rea Quiet, finely etched and beautifully acted by Dina Korzun and the wise-beyond-his-years Artiom Strelnikov.
75	New York Daily News Jack Mathews A slice of life in the most profound sense.
70	The New York Times Dana Stevens Though Last Resort dwells on sorrowful circumstances and illuminates a grim corner of contemporary reality, it is far from depressing.
70	Washington Post Desson Thomson Compelling, if sometimes grittily depressing, viewing.