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Title: The Last Thing He Wanted (2020)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Anne Hathaway | ... | Elena McMahon | |
| Ben Affleck | ... | Treat Morrison | |
| Rosie Perez | ... | Alma Guerrero | |
| Willem Dafoe | ... | Dick McMahon | |
| Edi Gathegi | ... | Jones | |
| Mel Rodriguez | ... | Barry Sedlow | |
| Onata Aprile | ... | Cat McMahon | |
| Toby Jones | ... | Paul Schuster | |
| Carlos Leal | ... | Max Epperson aka Bob Weir | |
| Ben Chase | ... | Max Berquist | |
| Julian Gamble | ... | Secretary George Shultz | |
| Robert Sedgwick | ... | Stuart James (as Rob Sedgwick) | |
| Bill Kelly | ... | General Gus Sharp (as Billy Kelly) | |
| David Vadim | ... | Buck Pearson | |
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César Galindez | ... | Red Truck Driver (as Cesar Galindez) |
A veteran D.C. journalist loses the thread of her own narrative when a guilt-propelled errand for her father thrusts her from byline to unwitting subject in the very story she's trying to break. Adapted from Joan Didion's namesake novel.
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Dee Rees, the director of the much acclaimed "Mudbound", offers up her second Netflix collaboration - "The Last Thing He Wanted", a crime thriller based on Joan Didion's novel of the same name. The cast includes such stars as Anna Hathaway, Willem Dafoe & Ben Affleck, also Rosie Perez and Toby Jones. What could possibly go wrong? Apparently a whole lot.
"The Last Thing He Wanted" is, in a certain way, an annoying experience. Its main strength are the acting performances, the highlights include a content and contained lead performance by Anna Hathaway and a well fitted supporting role for Willem Dafoe. Rosie Perez and Ben Affleck were good as well, but, frankly, they weren't given enough to do to really stand out. It's a mildly frustrating watch because the star-studded power seems wasted on an otherwise weak and confused movie. Or rather the story and screenplay. I can only suppose it's an unsuccessful adaptation of the aforementioned novel. Visually, "The Last Thing He Wanted" is shot very well (and uses a peculiar aspect ratio, but with no complaints), looks and sounds like an above average Hollywood-type thriller. But all of that only matters so much on the background of the script which feels like a lot of things and almost none of them are good - it's disjointed, unfocused, doesn't stick together, doesn't carry the weight it should (I'd take a guess though that the filmmakers think otherwise) and just disappoints altogether. While watching I felt like each scene is somehow to be taken on its own terms, every time the previous one didn't feel important much anymore. What I'm trying to say is that a rather simple story telling has gotten all tangled up here and it's a huge black shadow hovering over "The Last Thing He Wanted".
Despite the quite enormous flaw/s, "The Last Thing He Wanted" possesses one or two redeeming qualities. I'll go ahead and assume, probably correctly, that this movie is going to be a bore to a lot of people, but if the viewer commits, it's possible to squeeze out an eyebrow-raising evening 5/10, which is the most I can give it with a clear conscience.