Last Night (2010)

MOVIE #1,417 • 🍿🍿🍿 • 03.05.24 The wildcard entry on today’s 24T double shot of cinema is pretty boring, but it’s at least bad in a different way than most of the second 24T entries have been. We just alternate between both of these characters as they contemplate cheating on each other. Will they? Won't they? Why do we fucking care? That's the real question. And I can't come up with a good answer. These people (and the performances) aren't compelling or even that interesting. She's a writer who doesn't write. He's a commercial real estate dude or something. The bulk of the time we see them together they're fighting and already being super jealous even before the titular “last night” occurs (he screws the coworker, she only makes out with her old flame, sorry…. Spoilers!).

An ending that offers no long-term resolution you'll see coming a mile away. One review commended the movie for not reducing the characters to "the monsters and angels normally created for cinematic takes on infidelity" [Source] which… fine. But that's not very intriguing or novel either, is it? Perhaps this is an issue inherent with the ‘infidelity melodrama’ on the whole. I don't know. Or maybe audiences just like looking at hot people on screen making, alternatively, very serious and very flirty faces, and generally just looking hot (in Sam Worthington’s case, this might be the only thing he CAN do as an actor!). Admittedly, this isn't my cup of tea. I just found myself wanting something more. Much more.

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Last Night is a 2010 romantic drama film that was written and directed by Massy Tadjedin, her directorial debut. The film follows married couple Joanna (Keira Knightley) and Michael Reed (Sam Worthington), who are tempted by different forms of infidelity when they spend a night apart following a fight. Joanna is emotionally drawn to her ex-boyfriend Alex Mann (Guillaume Canet) while Michael is physically attracted to his co-worker Laura Nunez (Eva Mendes). The cast includes Griffin Dunne, Daniel Eric Gold, Anson Mount, Stephanie Romanov, Scott Adsit, Justine Cotsonas, and Chriselle Almeida. Last Night was produced by Entertainment One in association with the Gaumont Film Company, and deals with questions about emotional and physical infidelity. It was released on September 18, 2010.