Watch The Last Supper For Free
The Last Supper
A group of idealistic, but frustrated, liberals succumb to the temptation of murdering rightwing pundits for their political beliefs.
Release : | 1996 |
Rating : | 6.7 |
Studio : | Columbia Pictures, The Vault, WF/X, |
Crew : | Production Design, Set Decoration, |
Cast : | Cameron Diaz Ron Eldard Courtney B. Vance Bill Paxton Ron Perlman |
Genre : | Drama Comedy Thriller Crime |
Watch Trailer
Cast List
Related Movies
Reviews
Very very predictable, including the post credit scene !!!
This movie is the proof that the world is becoming a sick and dumb place
Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.
The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.
"You're a time traveler. It's 1909 in Austria. You're in a pub having a schnapps with a stranger, a young art student with one testicle. Let's say his name is Adolf. Adolf at this point in his life has done no wrong. He's not bitter. He's not angry. He's committed no crime. He does not bring knives to dinner. He has not killed anybody. He certainly hasn't started a world war. Your point being? Do you kill him? Do you poison his schnapps to save all those millions of innocent people?"This movie tackles one of the most challenging questions of philosophy in the most entertaining way. Hollywood never stops surprising me. What an excellent piece of art!
A bunch of liberal grad students (played by then unknown Cameron Diaz, Ron Eldard, Annabeth Gish, Jonathan Penner and Coutney B. Vance) accidentally kill, at dinner in their house, a seriously deranged conservative (Bill Paxton) and bury the body. They figure they did the world a favor and invite ultra conservatives to their house, poison them and bury the bodies in the back yard. Among the victims (in cameos) are Charles Durning, Mark Harmon and Jason Alexander. Nora Dunn plays a policewoman investigating all the disappearances.DARK dark black comedy but it's well-done. The script is sharp and witty and insults BOTH conservatives and liberals. With the sole exception of Vance (who's horrible) the acting is good and we see hunky Penner with his shirt off and walking around in his underwear. Well-directed too with a good eye to compositions and color. Great music score too. If you examine the plot closely there are loopholes and lapses in logic (like they bury about 10 people in their backyard and the neighbors never notice?) but still this is funny and makes you think. Ignored at the time of its release this made a little splash on VHS and deserves to be rediscovered.
I thought this was a good idea for a movie. Before seeing it, I had mixed feelings. From what I've seen, I was pleasantly surprised. I thought it would be mediocre. Actually, it is that way as the movie progresses. And that's where the problem lies. Once it loses steam, it barely recovers. It gets off to an interesting start, as we watch Bill Paxton chatting with everyone. Then he gets really upset, accusing everyone of being politically incorrect. But after this guy is killed, and then buried, the movie isn't as interesting (I enjoyed the subplot about the sheriff's missing girl case. But what does this have to do with the main story?). As for some of the other dinner guests, you've got an ideal cast: Jason Alexander, Mark Harmon, Charles Durning. But the movie seems too proud of itself. When these characters are not at the dinner table, I wasn't buying any of it. So, a marginal recommendation.**1/2 out of ****
An unusual dark comedy about the unconscious forces which propel all ideology, whether it be of the conservative right-wing, or liberal left-wing variety. In its premise, it reminded me a little of the play "Le Malentendu" (The Misuderstanding) by Camus. Sure, some of the acting was a bit wooden and yes, the characters did lack depth, but there is little space for depth of character development in a movie of this genre anyway. The questions it asks are philosophical, about the nature of the human mind in general: hence the way Marc and his girlfriend at first were turned on, then gradually became estranged as their gratuitous villainy became more conscious was a comment on the dark side of sexuality; the same comment was made about human aggression when the character who shot clay pigeons for a hobby suddenly decides to shoot a real live bird - in fact, that seems to be a decisive moment in the film, the expression on the character's face when he shoots the bird says it all. It may be unpleasant to think about these aspects of our nature, but I wish more intelligent films like this came out of Hollywood.