Bare-bones filmmaking, Last Night is nothing special to look at, but it has a witty, trenchant script, lots of complicated characters, and a few actors who turn human frailty into something nearly sublime.
– Amy Taubin,
Village Voice,
1 Jan 2000
fresh:
Last Night succeeds where so many other films have failed because it concentrates on the element that its predecessors have ignored: the human factor.
– James Berardinelli,
ReelViews,
18 Aug 2002
rotten:
McKellar is a good storyteller, and he demonstrates a clever -- albeit dark -- sense of humor. But much of it goes for naught because of the movie's sterile patina.
– Jeff Strickler,
Minneapolis Star Tribune,
6 Nov 2002
fresh:
For all its wry humor, it concludes as a heart-piercing affirmation of life and love in the face of death.