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4:44 LAST DAY ON EARTHMovie Reviews
Drama about a New York City couple who prepare to accept their fate on the day before the world will end. Cast:Willem Dafoe, Natasha Lyonne, Paul Hipp, Shanyn LeighDirector:Abel FerraraRelease Date:March 23, 2012DVD Release:July 17, 2012From:IFCLength:1 hr. 22 min.
JULY 17, 2012
4:44 Last Day on Earth, Good (Not Great) Reviews Limited
4:44 Last Day on Earth played in limited release to good not great reviews. • A.O. Scott wrote in the New York Times, "...an eccentric and moving portrait of souls in extremis.... it offers an intimately scaled view of the destruction of the world..." • And Glenn Kenny wrote for MSN Movies, "...pretty standard not-with-a-bang-but-with-a-whimper-punctuated-by-an-occasional-blowup stuff." More Reviews Below...
4:44 Last Day on Earth Positive Reviews (16 Reviews, reviews below)
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: MODERATE(cg) "Abel Ferrara's thin idea for a movie -- life goes on, even when it's about to stop -- would have been a lot better had he given his characters more to do."(See all of Owen Gleiberman's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 119 words, 03/23/12
Scott Bowles, USA Today: MODERATE(cg) "What would you do with your last night on the planet? Make love? A phone call? Turn up the music and dance in your living room until your legs gave out?"(See all of Scott Bowles's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 268 words, 03/22/12
Glenn Kenny, MSN Movies: WEAK(cg) "...pretty standard not-with-a-bang-but-with-a-whimper-punctuated-by-an-occasional-blowup stuff.... I can't say that I was particularly surprised or moved..."(See all of Glenn Kenny's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 610 words, 03/20/12
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (6 Reviews)
A.O. Scott, New York Times: VERY GOOD "...an eccentric and moving portrait of souls in extremis.... it offers an intimately scaled view of the destruction of the world..."(See all of A.O. Scott's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 854 words, 03/23/12
Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News: WEAK(cg) "Abel Ferrara, among everyone, is best equipped to take a hammer to this tired but interesting conceit, and his no-budget look would help. But things don't evolve."(See all of Joe Neumaier's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 347 words, 03/23/12
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times: VERY GOOD "Dafoe brings a quiet grace to his role, while Shanyn Leigh has a rough-hewn emotional directness.... movingly celebrates connection, cooking life down..."(See all of Mark Olsen's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 176 words, 03/23/12
V.A. Musetto, New York Post: VERY GOOD(cg) "Abel Ferrara is a one-of-a-kind filmmaker... He refuses to sell out, content with making quirky low-budget films devoid of special effects."(See all of V.A. Musetto's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 249 words, 03/23/12
Karina Longworth, Village Voice/LA Weekly: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...almost finds a middle ground... It's both chamber drama and experimental found-footage film.... eventually approaches overkill in the montage-heavy climax."(See all of Karina Longworth's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 485 words, 03/21/12
KEY CITIES (1 Review)
Walter Addiego, San Francisco Chronicle: MODERATE(cg) "...slapdash, and though it gains traction toward the end, viewers may finally feel puzzled or indifferent. You expect a bit more from the end of the world."(See all of Walter Addiego's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 378 words, 04/20/12
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE PRESS (5 Reviews)
Karina Longworth, Village Voice/LA Weekly: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "...almost finds a middle ground... It's both chamber drama and experimental found-footage film.... eventually approaches overkill in the montage-heavy climax."(See all of Karina Longworth's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 485 words, 03/21/12
Sam Adams, AV Club: VERY GOOD(cg) "...it's clear that the movie's fiction is a porous one, allowing the onscreen and offscreen relationships to bleed into each other."(See all of Sam Adams's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 393 words, 03/22/12
Stephanie Zacharek, Movieline: GOOD(cg) "Ferrara has some fun exploring both the high-tech and low-tech ways in which a human being, on the last day of mankind's existence, might reach out to others."(See all of Stephanie Zacharek's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 744 words, 03/23/12
Jaime N. Christley, Slant: MODERATE(cg) "...presents the apocalypse not so much as an exercise in genre play as an exercise in airing the auteur's predilections, an auto-therapeutic exorcism of the artist's demons."(See all of Jaime N. Christley's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 528 words, 09/29/11
HIGHBROW PRESS (3 Reviews)
A.O. Scott, New York Times: VERY GOOD "...an eccentric and moving portrait of souls in extremis.... it offers an intimately scaled view of the destruction of the world..."(See all of A.O. Scott's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 854 words, 03/23/12
Scott Tobias, NPR: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "The Ferrara of old might have taken it to extreme places, but a more circumspect artistic personality dominates these proceedings..."(See all of Scott Tobias's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 638 words, 03/23/12
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times: VERY GOOD "Dafoe brings a quiet grace to his role, while Shanyn Leigh has a rough-hewn emotional directness.... movingly celebrates connection, cooking life down..."(See all of Mark Olsen's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 176 words, 03/23/12
MOVIE INDUSTRY (4 Reviews)
Justin Chang, Daily Variety: MODERATE "...treats a worldwide cataclysm as an occasion for two individuals to exorcise their demons, here through acts of sexual, artistic and emotional release..."(See all of Justin Chang's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 832 words, 09/07/11
John DeFore, Hollywood Reporter: GOOD (NOT GREAT) "The eerie calm with which director Abel Ferrara's world greets its last hours may be absurdly unbelievable, but there's something entrancing about it as well..."(See all of John DeFore's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 434 words, 10/03/11
Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times: VERY GOOD "Dafoe brings a quiet grace to his role, while Shanyn Leigh has a rough-hewn emotional directness.... movingly celebrates connection, cooking life down..."(See all of Mark Olsen's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 176 words, 03/23/12
A.O. Scott, New York Times: VERY GOOD "...an eccentric and moving portrait of souls in extremis.... it offers an intimately scaled view of the destruction of the world..."(See all of A.O. Scott's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 854 words, 03/23/12
13.7 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
4:44 Last Day on Earth's reviews are separated by an average 13.7 percentage points. The norm for this measure is 18.4 percentage points. Less than 18.4 indicates more consistent reviews; greater than 18.4 indicates more mixed reviews. In the chart below, each dot represents a review, with the dots at the top more positive than the dots at the bottom. From left to right, the dots represent reviews in big, bigger and biggest publications. Roll over each dot for more detail.
4:44 Last Day on Earth (16 reviews) Roll over dots for each review
Coverage:4:44 Last Day on Earth's reviews cover 28.3% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 7,540 words involume (average is 20,172 words). Length:The film's reviews average 471 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
4:44 Last Day on Earth Coverage, Volume & Length (16 Reviews, reviews below)
Reviews Broke 9 Days Before Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
4:44 Last Day on Earth's reviews on average broke 9 days before opening. Norm for this measure is 1.2 hours before. The chart below shows reviews on opening day and the days before and after opening; the left side is earlier and the right side is later. The red bars extending above the horizontal mid-line represent more positive reviews, and the red bars extending below represent more negative reviews. The white space/red bar in the middle is 4:44 Last Day on Earth's opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
4:44 Last Day on Earth (16 reviews, click on bars for reviews)
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