An unexpected friendship that began at the end.
A retired businesswoman – who tries to control everything around her – decides to write her own obituary. A young journalist takes up the task of finding out the truth, and the result is a life-altering friendship.
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Spare, contemporary, classical in form and earnest.
- sparerichly built
- contemporarynostalgic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- intimateepic
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“Is Shirley MacLaine the best thing in The Last Word?”
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“Does the smallness hold it back?”
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Cast
- Shirley MacLaineHarriet Lauler
- Amanda SeyfriedAnne Sherman
- Anne HecheElizabeth
- Thomas SadoskiRobin Sands
- Philip Baker HallEdward
- Adina PorterBree Wilson
- Sarah BakerZoe
- Tom Everett ScottRonald Odom
- Gedde WatanabeLouie the gardener
- Joel MurrayJoe Mueller
Crew
- Mark PellingtonDirector
- Stuart Ross FinkWriter
- Eric KoretzDirector of Photography
- Nathan Matthew DavidOriginal Music Composer
- Julia WongEditor
- Kirk D'AmicoProducer
- Anne-Marie MackayProducer
- Mark PellingtonProducer
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