Last Night takes a literary brush (excuse the mixed metaphor) to the question of Armageddon, and paints a restrained, intelligent, ultimately warm picture of humanity. I'm not bothered by what other users have said about the cliches, or the locations. I am slightly bothered that some of the pieces seem to go nowhere (Khanjian's cameo makes no obvious point, and Cronenberg seems to be sleepwalking through his part). Nevertheless, the tremendous delicacy and subtlety displayed by McKellar considerably outweigh the film's drawbacks. And Sandra Oh's performance is magnificent - again, restraint is the watchword. The climax is surprisingly moving, given how little McKellar has done overtly to engage our emotions. And there's plenty of humour, too.
I felt I was participating in this movie, not merely watching it. McKellar is a fine writer - not much of an actor (have you SEEN eXistenZ?), but a fine writer - and clearly an intelligent director. We need people like him in cinema.
I felt I was participating in this movie, not merely watching it. McKellar is a fine writer - not much of an actor (have you SEEN eXistenZ?), but a fine writer - and clearly an intelligent director. We need people like him in cinema.