The Last Five Years

There are two sides to every love story

A young, talented up and coming novelist falls in love with a struggling actress. Their story is told almost entirely through songs using an intercutting time line device; all of her songs begin at the end of their marriage and move backwards in time to the beginning of their love affair while his songs start at the beginning of their affair and move forward to the end of their relationship.

94 minutes.
Parental Guidance 10-12 (Language, Sex).
Comedy, Drama, Musical, Romance, On the art circuit

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

For the good times...

Credits

Cast	Anna Kendrick, Jeremy Jordan, Tamara Mintz, Cassandra Inman
Director	Richard LaGravenese
Screenplay	Richard LaGravenese, from the musical play by Jason Robert Brown
Music	Jason Robert Brown
Cinematography	Steven Meizler
Editing	Sabine Hoffman
Sound formats
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2014
Produced by	Lucky Monkey Pictures, Sh-K-Boom Records, Grand Peaks Entertainment

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Romance, comedy, musical
Language	Mild, infrequent
Nudity	None
Sex	None (sic)
Violence	one
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse
Comments
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USA MPAA rating

PG: Parental Guidance Suggested	Rated PG-13 for sexual material, brief strong language and a drug image
Runtime	94
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 13 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Stephanie Merry Couple on the brink must face the music.	10
Die Burger Rozanne Els Altyd twee kante, menlikheid maak verhaal boeiend.	10
Cape Times David Rooney Musical tale is sweet, but a tad dull.	10
Metacritic.com 28 critics	12
Rottentomatoes critics 84 critics	12
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer The Last Five Years hits a few awkward notes in its transition from stage to screen, but its freshness and sincere charm -- and well-matched stars -- offer their own rewards.	12
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	13
CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Musical adaptation has charming stars; some racy stuff.	10
What the People say
Metacritic.com users 17 users	15
Rottentomatoes users 4824 users	13
Internet 2751 Netizens Interesting concept, highly recommended	12
Average .. 59%	12