Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film

DipitySkillful an ambitious but ultimately ineffective debut endeavor.

Voxitype Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

Sharkflei Your blood may run cold, but you now find yourself pinioned to the story.

jormatuominen There is no end in sight to curiosity about unlikely couples with decades of age difference. Well here the couple finding themselves in a very hard to define type of relationship consist of the actors Michael Caine, age 78 at the time of the filming, and the lovely and soulful Clémence Poésy, age 29 respectively. This film is quite educational for people who keep wondering what is possible and what definitely is not achievable in a relationship with almost 50 years age difference, and what a couple like this might actually talk about between them and what not. The acting is absolutely world class even in the smallest roles, let alone the lead couple who give their particular situation and the twists it will lead them to amazing credibility. The international production has resulted in many impressive shooting locations beautifully captured on film, yes real film. Both intrinsically sad and optimistic about the power of love in spite of everything, Last Love will leave you in tears but in a good way. Do yourself a favor and see it, you might learn a thing or two about life you didn't know before.

Lambysalamby I wanted to like this more than I did but there are many faults...Michael Caine is always promising, and although he gave a good performance here, he is using an American accent, which stood out like a sore thumb! His performance is pretty good nonetheless, (it's Michael Caine) but he doesn't have the best script to begin with either..Michael Caine and Clémence Poésy should be a dream working together but they're relationship is not interesting enough to hold out the 2 hour mark... (and then the last half hour goes a bit askew as well). I never felt enough for these characters to invest in them or root for them and I think that is the films biggest failing..Although the movie had all the ingredients, I was checking the time quite a bit.. The movie had some charm but I was bored by its slow pacing...Seek it out if you cant get enough of Michael Caine or Clémence Poésy, but otherwise I wouldn't be in a hurry...

Nicole of ArchonCinemaReviews.com Mr. Morgan's Last Love is a film that will give you a case of the feels, but its overly lofty final act detracts from being a marvelous and sentimental masterstroke.Two individuals separated by decades of years but close in disposition, come together and share a touching moment connected through their humanity in Last Love, originally titled Mr. Morgan's Last Love.Do not let the trailer fool you, Last Love is a beautiful and sentimental film and is not a frivolous and quirky romantic comedy. Mr. Matthew Morgan, played by Michael Caine, is an aging widower and retired American professor living a solitary existence in Paris. Since losing his love, soul mate, and wife, his existence is solely through the passing of time and memories of his beloved. This changes when he meets a dance instructor Pauline, played by the captivating Clémence Poésy, who is also living a life of solitude and takes to quietly watching after Mr. Morgan through her company.There is a subtlety and engaging beauty to Mr. Morgan's Last Love in its quiet portrayal of kindness and connection of individuals in the midst of forlorn despair. Michael Caine portrays the heartbroken and lonely widower is beautiful and worthy of the sweet care he attracts from Clémence Poésy's Pauline. The emotional connection of your heart with the film about these kindred spirits won't dissipate long thanks to the resonating score created by Hans Zimmer. The score is a near character in itself.Last Love is slow in the necessary way to facilitate two introverts coming together. Pauline and Matthew are so believable and authentic and real life beings that it propels the viewer to be engaged for the film's entirety, longing for each story.It is believable and fully formed until the final quarter of the film when it reverts to cheap Hollywood plot devices to forge the film to its conclusion. The ending detracts from the beautiful piece of art this lovely film could have been, but only enough to prevent it from being an endearing masterpiece.Please check out our website for complete reviews of all the recent releases.

machenewsgroup It starts... wonderfully - Michael Caine with his usual magnetic pull,the female lead looking perfect for her character. It all seems to be heading in the right direction until... they talk. Michael Caine's character should have been simply - a British character. His accent is far to thick and too distinctive to be covered-over by any other accent. Throughout the film Michael isn't sure if he is an American or a Brit and and one point goes to Texas and back. The man is a legend, surely when filming him at the time, the director and screenplay writer (same person) should have been frowning at herself for making this icon of the screen take us on a world tour of English, ruining his amazing facial and body movements. A quick rewrite as a Brit, the character would have been perfect. Now... as for the female lead. Where to begin? Her accent is even more country-less. Is she French, English, American or even oddly Scots/Irish? I could hear all of these accents at some point in the film. Again, is the director deaf or just reading her script without actually hearing it? To set a film in such a prominent location as Paris, characters need to be absolutely established as to who they are and where they come from. The main female character is apparently French but she speaks 80% of the time with a British accent. You could argue the character **spoiler** has a father that was British and maybe she had grown up there? No... Michael Caine's character often corrects her English - so we have a girl with an English accent that can't actually speak basic English?? It turned me off. I am a voice artist/impressionist, anyone like me that is annoyed by bad accents, avoid this film. ;-) On to the overall plot: It gets messy. Other characters simply get in the way of the main purpose of the story. Gillian Anderson appears like she's in a flash-back to the X-Files... Serving no purpose in the room or as a character, talking, blah blah then a few serious looks is gone as soon as she arrived.Generally, Michael Caine was too big for this film to handle. As another reviewer says: "Soap Opera" - I wholeheartedly agree. This could have been far, far better. The ending is irritating and does not conclude the characters in a satisfactory way at all.Disappointed.