THE LAST WORD
Directed by Mark Pellington
Screenplay by Stuart Ross Fink
Starriung Shirley Maclaine; Amanda Seyfried; and AnnJewel Lee Dixon
Well you can tell by the trailer Harriet (Maclaine), who is a control freak, wants someone to write her obituary before she dies so she can read it. She hires Anne (Seyfried) to write it.
Yes there are small laughs here...but it is not really funny.
They add a little kid here (Dixon), which has nothing to do with the story and I still cant figure out why she is in this. "Hey lets throw a cute kid in hear to show three generations, it will be funny!!" No not so much.
The film had a neat idea but it just was ....boring...and there was not much happening. At one point Harriet became a DJ. I know....REALLY?
All leading to a very predictable ending with a unrealistic dance scene where you see it coming a mile away.
Amanda Seyfried. Time to fire your agent. This film....Ted 2......Love The Coopers....Fathers And Daughters...Pan, she is soooo much better than these films.
Positives?
Well Shirly Maclaine is in it.
I do like that she was successful in a world where females at the time were not accepted as leaders in business.
1 1/2 stars out of 5 for The Last Word.
I hoped for more laughs. More feeling.
From the shadows as always thanks for your time.
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