recommended

Excellent, a Must See

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

THIS REVIEW SHOULD BE READ BY THOSE WHO'VE ACTUALLY SEEN THE MOVIE There are a lot of films that deal with mid-life crises in their own ways. Some come out great, some totally miss the point. But every now and then a film tries, and falls short. This is "The Last Kiss".What the writers and the director did for this movie pretty much reflects what the Zach Braff character said at the end of the movie, where the couple should at least try to make things work. I think that's what this movie tried to do as well.It's unfair to compare movies, therefore I won't go there. But this movie itself, was missing something. Maybe it needed to be longer, maybe it needed to a series, or a 2-part movie in order to delve into the characters and their issues a little bit more, but I feel like with the set-up they gave us at the beginning of the movie, this film could have done a lot more, had there been more time for it to do. It could have been better, because it had the potential but for whatever reason, the movie length was that length, and the choice of words coming out of Zach Braff's mouth (awful, just absolutely awful) were those words.This movie dealt with a good theme, and good initial story-lines but failed in its premise, and became too "movie-like" and less "real-world" if you know what I mean. This is an important point because that is what the movie was aiming at.And so for that reason, I'll give it a 2 out 4 stars. RIP Roger Ebert.

Another turd of a script pooped out by Paul Haggis, "The Last Kiss" is not quite as poor as "Crash"'s script, is still a real turd. The sappy sitcom situations drawn up are contrived and forced replete with characters double-tracking, forgiving and screaming over and over again. To top it all off there's the clichéd "I'm growing older" wedding whining and soupy throughout. Lead Zach Braff in a similarly aloof goony character whom no one can identify with as in "Garden State" only this movie is not up to the task and unfocused comparatively to Garden State. We have too many characters and melodrama enough for 3 movies in this crud. Why did Tom Wilkerson stoop to the level of being in this horrid material. It's Grey's Anatomy sitcom clichéd crap. Wholly bad....Give it a miss.

"This review contains spoilers"I, like many others I imagine, watched 'The Last Kiss' on the strength of 'Garden State' - a likable little movie that shares the same star Zach Braff. The similarities end there for The Last Kiss is an unsympathetic look at what happens when a 30 year old (Braff as Michael) chases one last fling to avoid the less attractive reality of a long term relationship with a pregnant woman (Jacinda Barrett) who actually, you know - expects him to behave like an adult. Enter Rachel Bilson, perfectly cast as the brunette temptress Kim who could offer a less final and responsible alternative.Michael's friends (though the film never convinces us that their ties run any deeper than attending the same schools) are also painfully suffering from their own assortment of commitment issues. There's the one married with child, the adulterous handsome one and the heart-broken loser of love. Tellingly each of these characters are infinitely more likable than the whiny, self-pitying Braff though there stories are anemically sparse in comparison. No one it seems is capable of a shred of happiness but their collective misery is at least slightly entertaining.The Last Kiss is a manipulative, insultingly simplified "drama" that is geared to sell off the already established 'Braff image' - you know, the deep thinking tortured soul who just needs his hair stroked by 'the one' (so long as she's ridiculously hot of course). In the films climax (or groan) Braff, having been locked out of the house by his spurned partner, waits and pines on the porch for just one chance of forgiveness. This involves heroically braving the rain, sleeping against the front door, relying on the neighbours for a sympathetic glass of water and all the while sound tracked with the laboured sentiments of Coldplay just to really hammer it home. You see, even when Braff plays a cheating misanthrope - he's still you know, heroically cool.He's not the only offender, Jacinda Barrett as his parter Jenna takes a lumpen script and somehow makes it sound even worse. When the two do finally square off it should have been the dramatic centre piece, it turns out to be in-appropriate and terribly unconvincing. Jenna pulls out a kitchen knife and charmingly proclaims she hopes Michael would 'catch AIDS'. JD, sorry Michael, retorts with possibly the most unintentionally comical sequence of expletives in cinematic history.The conflicts in failing relationships were portrayed infinitely better in 'Closer' so there is little reason in watching this damp squid of a drama.

The Last Kiss is a movie about people, relationships and the human nature. It shows,in a very truth full way,some of our fears and anxieties when it comes to be with someone.The story revolves around 4 friends; Izzy, who is not dealing well with a recent break-up and is getting a hard time to let go,Kenny who goes trough life (and women) without committing,Chris a co-worker of Michael that can't handle the pressure of being a good father and the stress his wife creates and Michael who is married to Jenna in what looks like a perfect marriage.The sudden notice of Jenna's pregnancy makes Michael re-think his life and his goals and he starts to feel trapped.Then he meets a college girl and the 2 of them embark in a relationship without thinking trough.I think most of us can relate to what Zach Braff's character is going trough in the earlier beginning of the movie, sooner or later we all question our lives; where it is now and where its going.Not a masterpiece, but so much more then a chick flick. 8/10