The Last Five Years
Directed by Richard LaGravenese
Starring Anna Kendrick, Jeremy Jordan, Meg Hudson, Natalie Knepp and Cat Lynch
In New York, a struggling actress and a successful writer sing about their failed marriage from two perspectives.
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Reviews
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★★★½ review by sree on Letterboxd
i could shove an ice pick in my eye, i could eat some fish from last july, but it wouldn't be as awful as anna kendrick's hair in this
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★★★★ review by samantha on Letterboxd
straight men? the worst.
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★★★★½ review by tara on Letterboxd
this may not be an objectively good movie but I've listened to the recording enough times over the last two years (ha) that it's become part of My Being
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★★★★ review by samantha on Letterboxd
who would ever have the audacity to cheat on anna kendrick
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★★★★ review by Sean Gilman on Letterboxd
5 Stars for Anna Kendrick. Of course she's amazing.
4 Stars for the Screenplay and Music by Jason Robert Brown (adapting his own play): structurally neat, terrific songs (only a couple I didn't like). Interesting how it squarely takes Her side - when I sorted out what the movie was going to be like (a less messy, musical variation on Two for the Road), I expected more balance. But I kinda like that He just sucks.
3 Stars for the Direction (by Richard LaGravenese) and Jeremy Jordan: both are pretty bland, with too much circling handheld camerawork ("It's a movie not a play!"). Jordan is in an impossible spot: not only matched up against the greatest actor of his generation, but also playing the guy who breaks her heart.
It's probably my favorite of a strong group of 2014 musicals.
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