The Last Word

It’s never to late to rewrite your life story.s200

A one-time highly successful businesswoman has micro-managed every single aspect of her life. Why would her obituary be any different? And so she assigns the task to a young local writer. When the first draft doesn’t meet her expectations, the businesswoman sets out to rewrite her life story before it’s too late, with her new assistant dragged along as an unwilling accomplice.

108 minutes.
No persons under 13 (Language).
Comedy, Drama, On the art circuit

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Credits

Cast	Shirley MacLaine, Amanda Seyfried, AnnJewel Lee Dixon, Thomas Sadoski, Philip Baker Hall, Gedde Watanabe, Tom Everett Scott
Director	Mark Pellington
Screenplay	Stuart Ross Fink
Music	Nathan Matthew David
Cinematography	Eric Koretz
Editing	Julia Wong
Soundtrack	Available
SA distributor	Ster-Kinekor
Made in	2017
Produced by	Franklin Street, Myriad Pictures, Parkside Pictures, Wondros

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Drama, comedy
Language	Frequent, moderate impact
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	None
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments
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USA MPAA rating

R: Restricted	Rated R for language.
Runtime	108
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 14 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Michael O'Sullivan Shirley she deserves better than this.	2
24.com Gabi Zietsman The Last Word is a quiet film that won’t really make a big splash but it’s still a delightful watch if you don’t know what you want to watch at the cinema.	10
Metacritic.com 23 critics	8
Rottentomatoes critics 84 critics	10
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer	7
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	9
CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Refreshing comedy about abrasive woman has strong language.	10
What the People say
Metacritic.com users 7 users	15
Rottentomatoes users 2344 users	13
IMDB 3422 Netizens	13
The Movie DB Community	13
Average .. 50%	10