Elena McMahon
Search results
Feb 21, 2020 · Dee Rees’ “The Last Thing He Wanted” is incomprehensible to an almost impressive degree—usually when a movie's narrative gets so out of control, it over-corrects itself at some point before the end. But not here.
Feb 21, 2020 · The Last Thing He Wanted. Watch The Last Thing He Wanted with a subscription on Netflix. It'll be the last thing most viewers want, too. When she helps her father broker an arms...
- (56)
- Anne Hathaway, Ben Affleck, Willem Dafoe
- Dee Rees
- Crime, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Feb 21, 2020 · With Anne Hathaway, Ben Affleck, Rosie Perez, Willem Dafoe. 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.
- (17K)
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Dee Rees
- 2020-02-21
Dee Rees's Joan Didion adaptation The Last Thing He Wanted very nearly works thanks to Anne Hathaway, but the film's narrative shortcomings crater it. Full Review | Mar 25, 2020
Feb 13, 2020 · ‘The Last Thing He Wanted’ Review: Gun Running and Anxiety. Adapted from a Joan Didion novel, the movie plunges Anne Hathaway into the 1980s turmoil around the U.S. backing of...
- Dee Rees
The Last Thing He Wanted is a 2020 political thriller film directed by Dee Rees, based on the 1996 novel of the same name by Joan Didion, from a screenplay by Rees and Marco Villalobos. The film stars Anne Hathaway, Ben Affleck, Rosie Perez, Edi Gathegi, Mel Rodriguez, Toby Jones, and Willem Dafoe.
Jan 28, 2020 · ‘The Last Thing He Wanted’: Film Review Dee Rees’ political thriller genre has style and commendable ambitions, but gets suffocated by a busy structure and over-plotted script.
