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By the time [Wren] wraps things up with a sententious speech about how dreams are more important than oxygen, both have been completely sucked out of the theater.
Mike D'Angelo, AV Club
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The Last Face
Overview
Miguel, a heroic Spanish doctor, puts himself in harm's way to deliver medical treatment to the victims of military uprisings in Africa.
Director and cast
- Sean Penn Director
- Charlize Theron as Dr. Wren Petersen
- Javier Bardem as Dr. Miguel Leon
- Jean Reno as Dr. Mehmet Love
- Adèle Exarchopoulos as Ellen
- Jared Harris as Dr. Farber
- Hopper Penn as Billy Boggs
- Denise Newman as Sarie
- Mark De Villiers as Wren's Father
- Amy Harries-Jones as Young Wren
- Obed Baloyi as Atef
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
8%
Tomatometer
Rotten
[A] stunningly self-important but numbingly empty cocktail of romance and insulting refugee porn ...
David Rooney, Hollywood Reporter
Rotten
Penn, who has become well-known for doing what he can to try and ease the agony of global crisis spots (like Haiti), would do well not to mistake his own genuine compassion for an artistic impulse.
Owen Gleiberman, Variety
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