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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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The Last Thing He Wanted is not horrible, but it commits one of the biggest offensives a film can make; it's incredibly boring. I would much rather watch a so-bad-it's-good film than one which is completely uninteresting. I honestly wanted to turn this film off, which is a shame with the talent involved.
Dee Rees has proven that she is capable of making great films, such as Mudbound, but all we got here was a generic film which added nothing new to the genre. Anne Hathaway, Ben Affleck, and Willem Defoe were all serviceable, but I have seen their acting much better than it was in this film and I was let-down with the fact that even actors I love couldn't make this film interesting.
It didn't help that the characters they played weren't fleshed-out in the slightest and came across as one-dimensional cardboard cut-outs. I did like the cinematography and the musical score, but they weren't enough to keep my attention focused.
The Last Thing He Wanted is not a train-wreck, but it has an uninteresting story that I wasn't invested in and I would have much rather spent my time with something else. I can't go extremely low with my score because it did have some redeeming qualities, but I definitely wouldn't recommend it.
SCORE: 40%