Film

Last Night

Name: Last Night
Genre: Drama, Romance
Released: 2010
Cast: Keira Knightley, Sam Worthington, Eva Mendes, Guillaume Canet, Griffin Dunne

Other titles called Last Night: the 1998 film.

A marriage thriller about a night when two people confront old flames and new temptations. Expertly constructed to make you question what fidelity means and whether a moment of weakness is a thing or a symptom. It trusts you to sit with ambiguity. For anyone who's ever wondered what they'd do in that scenario.

TMDb rating

3.1

Should you watch it?

Watch it if you love grown-up relationship drama built from loaded conversations and small glances, where the tension lives in what people don't say and you'd rather sit with ambiguity than be handed a verdict.

Skip it if you need a clear moral arc or plenty of plot, since this is mostly talk, stillness and one long night, and its restraint can feel like nothing is moving.

What it asks of you: A slow, mostly interior evening that stays close to two faces and rarely cuts away, its unease building quietly instead of arriving in set pieces.

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