4:44 Last Day on Earth

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  • Opened March 23, 2012 (Limited)
  • 1 hr 24 min
  • NR | Some Drug Content, A Scene of Strong Sexuality, Nudity and Language
  • Two lovers (Willem Dafoe, Shanyn Leigh) immerse themselves in sex, art and other activities after word breaks that the world will end by the next morning. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Willem Dafoe, Shanyn Leigh, Natasha Lyonne, Paul Hipp
  • Director: Abel Ferrara
  • Genres: Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy

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i laughed. thts how stu[id it is...

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New York Post
| V.A. Musetto

If the end of the world was just hours away, would New Yorkers still be able to get takeout? Yes, if Abel Ferrara's mind-bending 4:44 Last Day on Earth is any indication. Read full review

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Movieline
| Stephanie Zacharek

The picture is also weirdly compelling, maybe most notably for the way Dafoe's character - who is, in this respect, perhaps a stand-in for the Bronx-born Ferrara - seems to be grappling less with the idea that the world is ending than that the city is ending. Read full review

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NPR
| Scott Tobias

Best of all is the half-surreal, half-touching scene of the couple ordering Chinese delivery - needless to say, the tip is sizable - and inviting the courier to Skype his family one last time and share in a moment of common humanity. Read full review

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Slant Magazine
| Jaime N. Christley

It's only natural that Abel Ferrara's vision of the end of the world should take corporeal form as a quasi-autobiographical hangout movie. Read full review

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A scene from "4:44 Last Day on Earth."