Alas, "The Last Ride" doesn't deliver much insight into Williams or the lifestyle that killed him.
– Paul de Barros,
Seattle Times,
23 Aug 2012
fresh:
The Last Ride doesn't give us a complete picture of Hank Williams. But it does ably illustrate the final days of his life.
– Mario Tarradell,
Dallas Morning News,
23 Aug 2012
fresh:
James does a fine job of portraying a naive youth whose eyes slowly open to glimpse both the pleasures and the pain of living.
– Kerry Lengel,
Arizona Republic,
26 Jul 2012
rotten:
Dramatically thin, formally uninspired and thematically weak, "The Last Ride" really goes nowhere.
– Mark Olsen,
Los Angeles Times,
29 Jun 2012
fresh:
Bearing all the hallmarks of a small-budget labor of love, The Last Ride is a leisurely paced but modestly engaging road trip that gets considerable mileage from the byplay between its two lead characters.