Fresh
The Australian outback, the setting for most of Last Ride, an extraordinary film for which the locale is a quiet, almost secret catalyst.
Stanley Kauffmann, The New Republic
Last Ride
Are some bonds meant to be broken?
2009 · 1h 41m · Not Rated
Drama
Directed by
Glendyn Ivin
Overview
A young boy travels across Australia with his father, who's wanted by the law.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
93%
Tomatometer
Fresh
The title more or less gives away the film's design, but the predestined journey is taut and tragic nevertheless.
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Fresh
Both Weaving and the movie itself do manage to show that this violent, hopelessly damaged man yearns to be a father, but will never know how.
Farran Smith Nehme, New York Post
Fresh
Mr. Ivin doesn't have a strong narrative line to play with or become distracted by, but he takes off on some lovely detours, whether he's narrowing in on Chook or going wide to take in the world that waits beyond.
Manohla Dargis, New York Times
Fresh
Weaving, best known for The Matrix and the Lord of the Rings trilogies, brings subtlety and poignance to the hoodlum's mercurial character.
Mark Jenkins, NPR
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