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Written February 21, 2010
On human values and relationships

by Sarah Wisdom

"The Last Station" invites us to reflect on what it means to be human. On one hand, we explore with the characters the conflict between visions of an ideal society and the concrete realities of daily living. The Tolstoys belong to the highest levels of Russian aristocracy: Leo is building a movement toward a classless society, while Sonja fears leaving behind the life she has known, should Leo's coterie convince him to change his will in a way that will overturn her life when she dies. To Leo, the movement is a way of giving social and political shape to his ideal of love, while Sonja feels that the life it is creating has lost connection with real human relationships.

"The Last Station" slowly and beautifully (with rich cinematography and music and marvelous acting by Helen Mirren and others) explores these tensions in a way that helps us feel into these tensions of life and love. This is my "best motion picture" of the year--forget the Oscar 10!
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Written February 8, 2010
New York Times is scared of death (typical rich liberal attitude) - this is a fine movie

by DarkMorocco

AO Scott - a typical death-squeamish upper-middle class New Yorker, disses the movie in the worst possible snobbish way - by stating that only pretentious snobs will lke it ("acting in bulk and literary pretension at a discount"). I read Scott, and he is a typical shallow New York upper-middleclass liberal - doesn't know what he believed/s yesterday or tomorrow, but knows what today's flavor is (feel sorry for his kids). Anyway, this movie is about death, and about how the alive elderly deal with it - the vividly alive elderly. No one wants to die, especially the passionate elderly as they confront it, and this movie shows how it is confronted through the prism of a marriage. Movie cops out a bit by throwing a lot of young sex/flesh at us, but maybe it is a necessary balance to the movie's wrinkles. Plummer and Mirren are superb - the marriage they portray is alive till the end, as all great marriages are. And great Russian scenery to boot ~
- 6 out of 8 found this review helpful.
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Written March 30, 2010
The Last Station

by bon58

Well acted artsy movie.
- 4 out of 5 found this review helpful.
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Written February 21, 2010
Fabulous cast - fabulous atmosphere

by Wonkagranny

This movie tranfixed me. It put me into 19th century Russia and the lives of the Tolstoys. I was moved by the relationship of the Tolstoys. The Russians are great at making the man/woman connection - man-sky, woman-earth. Great drama with believable lighter moments.
- 4 out of 5 found this review helpful.
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Written March 28, 2010
The Last Station

by movieeviewer

Exquisite, deep, realistic, gripping - a movie to remember!
- 4 out of 5 found this review helpful.
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Written February 15, 2010
- touching story with great perfomances
by rencsike
- 4 out of 5 found this review helpful.
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Written January 18, 2010
One of the best of the season!

by Usha L Paradise

The ingredients are all here and all top quality: actors (Helen Mirren is a dream!), script, imagery - kudos to the director for pulling everything together masterfully. The film explores love in different stages- young love, lasting love, love for parents, love of ideals. And the love is used differently: as a weapon, to teach, but most importantly to live. All justify their actions with love, but they can't all be right. The Countess opines that her husband's disciples never understood a word he's ever written. It is possible to love something so much that you can misunderstand it completely - what is it really saying as opposed to what you want it to say. Or what a person really needs as opposed to what you need. The lesson is poignantly taught and this film should be hailed as an instant classic.
- 4 out of 6 found this review helpful.
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Written January 18, 2010
The Last Station

by pstensrud

Phenomenal, loved it! Must see!! Spectacular cinematography, brilliant acting for all five leads, Mirren, Plummer, Giametti, and the two lovers. Beautiful scenery, sets, costumes. Rich, rich, rich. Like the best of David Maclean, Merchant & Ivory and more....
- 3 out of 4 found this review helpful.
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Written March 29, 2010
The Last Station

by mucia

I found this movie to be a very enriching experience. I would go see again and again.
The rich history and suberg acting will leave you inspired to know more.
One of the best movies I have seen this year.
- 3 out of 4 found this review helpful.
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Written January 24, 2010
Excellent Acting -- Truely worth seeing

by Marty Davis

We loved it.
- 3 out of 4 found this review helpful.
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Written January 25, 2010
The Last Station

by 2brenners

This was a wonderful movie with spectacular acting and a great story. It was a good history lesson on Tolstoy and his life and times. It was also a good depiction of that time in Russia.
- 3 out of 4 found this review helpful.
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I'm In
Written February 26, 2010
- Lush Beautiful Moving Excellent Acting
by Shadowcat559
- 3 out of 4 found this review helpful.
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Written March 2, 2010
The Last Station

by Gabielle

Liked it. I found it an accurate portrayal of the life of the times and a cultural icon during a pivotal point in Russian history. The photography was excellent - especially the panoramic shots, which were very accurate. Costuming true to the era as well. Certainly good in a historical sense as well as insight into many aspects of human relations between various characters. Kids who like history would find it interesting - and I think adults would as well.
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Written January 11, 2010
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Written May 28, 2011
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