
An aging former movie star is forced to face the reality that his glory days are behind him. On its surface, the film is a tale about faded fame. At its core, it's a universal story about growing old.... (Full plot summary below)
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An aging former movie star is forced to face the reality that his glory days are behind him. On its surface, the film is a tale about faded fame. At its core, it's a universal story about growing old.
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| Film Journal InternationalFrank LoveceA gently heartbreaking reflection on bad decisions, lost love and late-life revelations. |
| The Young FolksNathanael HoodIt's a labor of love, of mutual admiration, of fraternal respect. But it's also a film of deep sacrifice. |
| Cinemalogue.comTodd Jorgenson... heartfelt and occasionally amusing, but stumbles through clichés about big-screen heroes and generation gaps that never signal anything more profound. |
| RogerEbert.comSheila O'MalleyAs a commentary on Reynolds' career trajectory, The Last Movie Star is hit-or-miss. What is undeniable, though, is the space Rifkin has created where Reynolds can do what Reynolds does best, and if you're a fan (as I am) there's much here to treasure. |
| Movies in FocusNiall BrowneHollywood great, Burt Reynolds embraces the twilight of his career with The Last Movie Star. Adam Rifkin's poignant comedy sees the ageing movie star play an ageing movie star who ends up in a career retrospective that isn't quite what he expected. |
| Film ThreatAlan NgThe reason to see The Last Movie Star is its performances from both Burt Reynolds and Ariel Winter. It’s a sweet, solid film and a suitable bookend to Reynolds’ career as a leading actor. |
| NPRScott TobiasAnother example of Reynolds accepting the wrong invitation and winding up in a role unworthy of his stature. |
| Los Angeles TimesMichael RechtshaffenThanks to its star's all-in commitment, the overtly maudlin film works better than it should, particularly sequences in which octogenarian Reynolds is dropped into "Smokey and the Bandit" and "Deliverance" and converses philosophically with his younger self. |
| New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinThe (elderly) Burt Reynolds vehicle The Last Movie Star strikes a note of banality in its first sequence from which it rarely deviates. |
| Slant MagazineChuck BowenThe film is a collection of old-fogey clichés, with a narrative that mixes a career retrospective with a road trip. |