
Jude, Luke, Marc, Paulie and Pete are liberal-minded roommates and grad students at a Iowa post-secondary institution. Every Sunday for the past year, they have hosted a dinner party, inviting a friend over to have an open-minded discussion about whatever topics are of interest. On a dark and stormy night when Pete was supposed to bring a friend for one of those dinners, he instead comes home with Zachary Cody, who rescued a stranded Pete whose car broke down. They invite Zac... (Full plot summary below)
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Jude, Luke, Marc, Paulie and Pete are liberal-minded roommates and grad students at a Iowa post-secondary institution. Every Sunday for the past year, they have hosted a dinner party, inviting a friend over to have an open-minded discussion about whatever topics are of interest. On a dark and stormy night when Pete was supposed to bring a friend for one of those dinners, he instead comes home with Zachary Cody, who rescued a stranded Pete whose car broke down. They invite Zach to stay for dinner instead of Pete's missing friend. They soon find out that Zach is among other things a racist neo-Nazi, which brings up a potentially dangerous situation for Jewish Marc and black Luke. After some physical altercations and verbal threats, Marc ends up stabbing Zach dead out of what he considers self-defense. As the friends discuss what to do about Zach, they finally come to the conclusion that in killing Zach, they have done society a service. So they ponder 'why not invite other ultra-conservatives with extreme views to dinner to do the same to them'? Several dinner parties and deaths later, they think they've hit the jackpot when they meet powerful ultra-conservative broadcaster Norman Arbuthnot, who they invite for dinner. But the friends' plans start to unravel when they can't agree on whether certain of their guests deserve to die. It is also threatened by Sheriff Alice Stanley, who is not looking for the five's victims, but is nevertheless nosing around as she works on a missing girl case.
Leave your thoughts about The Last Supper.
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsShane BurridgeWill hold your attention but is really a one-note symphony |
| Apollo GuideBrian WebsterIs it me? Am I losing my sense of humour? Have I forgotten what satire's all about? Nah. My disappointment with The Last Supper has more to do with how it screwed up on the details. |
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe best shot in this film is the first one. Not a good sign. |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsDragan AntulovThe Last Supper clearly shows that the noble principles are of little use when people can't overcome their lack of common sense. |
| Daily Telegraph (UK)Anne BillsonThis impressive debut feature by Stacy Title has its wobbly technical moments and one or two underdeveloped narrative strands, but it's brimful of provocative ideas and moral dilemmas as well as being extremely funny. |
| Washington PostRita KempleyThis sour, repetitive fare fails to feed our hunger for either laughter or enlightenment. It's all empty calories and reactionary chic. |
| Ozus' World Movie ReviewsDennis SchwartzA vacuous black comedy set among frustrated liberals. |
| Boxoffice MagazineLael LoewensteinIt's tautly helmed by first-time feature director Title and well-acted by the able cast, particularly Vance and Annabeth Gish. But the film runs into trouble by quickly exhausting its one idea and by taking too long to get to its inevitable conclusion. |
| Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAll the courses are here and so are the nutrients, but The Last Supper, nevertheless, is a less-than-satisfying meal. |
| User ReviewTerry MThis is the darkest comedy ever. Highly recommended for the liberal who believes that through discussion you can change the world. |