Michael has a great job, has his 4 best friends, and is in love with a beautiful girl at 30. He loves Jenna but his life seems predictable until someone else enters his life. It seems that everybody's having relationship problems.
... what makes The Last Kiss especially satisfying is its vision of love as the soul of partnership -- rather than the crack high known as romance -- and something worth fighting for.
– Desson Thomson,
Washington Post,
15 Sep 2006
rotten:
The Last Kiss bears the unmistakable Haggis touch, one as subtle and understated as an electric chainsaw through the spinal cord.
– Nathan Rabin,
AV Club,
23 Sep 2006
fresh:
Danner will surely win an Oscar if enough people see this film, but the real point is that her stormy, erratic gender-bender Lear performance elevates The Last Kiss above a well-made genre drama.
– Andrew O'Hehir,
Salon.com,
7 Oct 2006
rotten:
Relatively compelling at the time, it's just a bit too glib to resonate for much longer afterwards.
– Trevor Johnston,
Time Out,
19 Oct 2006
rotten:
Only the most rabid chick-flick fan will fail to notice that it's the movie that's all wet.