Related lists from IMDb users
Title: Last Night (1998)
Want to share IMDb's rating on your own site? Use the HTML below.
| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Don McKellar | ... | Patrick Wheeler | |
| Sandra Oh | ... | Sandra | |
| Roberta Maxwell | ... | Mrs. Wheeler | |
| Robin Gammell | ... | Mr. Wheeler | |
| Sarah Polley | ... | Jennifer 'Jenny' Wheeler | |
| Trent McMullen | ... | Alex | |
 |
Charmion King | ... | Grandmother |
|
|
Jessica Booker | ... | Rose |
| David Cronenberg | ... | Duncan | |
| Tracy Wright | ... | Donna | |
| Callum Keith Rennie | ... | Craig Zwiller | |
| Karen Glave | ... | Lily | |
| Arsinée Khanjian | ... | Streetcar Mother | |
| Chandra Michaels | ... | Streetcar Daughter (as Chandra Muszka) | |
| Geneviève Bujold | ... | Mrs. Carlton | |
It's 18:00 in a somewhat deserted Toronto on the last day before the scheduled end of the world at midnight, the end which has been known now for months. Most people are treating midnight as a matter-of-fact event with little sense of panic. In fact, many are celebrating this last day. Most have very specific wants for this last day and will do whatever they need to to make those wants happen. And some, such as Duncan and Donna with the gas company, are working, ensuring that the masses are served and comfortable during the final hours. The Wheeler family are marking the last day by having a Christmas party, although sullen adult son Patrick, his thoughts in part stemming from being recently widowed, has made it clear he wants to be alone in his own home at the end. Patrick's wants may be in jeopardy when a woman named Sandra - Duncan's wife - lands on his doorstep. Sandra is stranded, trying to make it across town to her own home so that she and Duncan can carry out their own last ... Written by Huggo
Explore popular and recently added TV series available to stream now with Prime Video.
I found LAST NIGHT quite thought-provoking and moving the first time I saw it and its impact on me has only grown over time. This is an amazingly sophisticated and well-executed film for a first-time director. What I find thrilling about it is both the fine balance it finds between ideas and emotional resonance and its sense of tonal unity and control. The images and music have stayed with me for years. Despite the melancholic events of the story and the sense of loss that permeates the film (after all, we are talking about the end of the world here), a mordant sense of humour and finally a romantic, optimistic heart leavens the story's darkness, without pushing the movie into cheap sentimentality or melodrama (Armageddon, anyone?). All this and only one of the most memorable closing images in modern film! Seek it out. It's worth it.