Last Night (2011)

In my opinion, this is one of the most emotionally profound Hollywood movies I've seen in years. I watched it few years ago and I still think about it, almost every time I am doing my research for what to watch next. It is a very neat representation of love and infidelity. The triangular connection between emotions, rationality and irrationality is shown in a most simple way. Watching this movie, I felt like I'm watching a European or Iranian cinema. I especially appreciated how the movie ended, telling us that its ending is not as important as the question this movie proclaimed: Emotional or physical infidelity, which one is worse?

Last Night has deep meanings as movie I've ever seen. This movie shows only real life, so some people say 'this movie isn't interesting and waste time'. But, for people whom teen anger or students this film is good text because it tells many difficulties of relationship, especially marriage. People sometimes forget appreciation in daily life. One mistake may destroy a happiness of someone. I can read the thoughts from Last Night. Also people who watch this can see feelings of some partners, so maybe learn something about marriage without mistakes. We can't judge that who is to blame about love. I recommend Last Night for people who want to think what is love.

I've picked this up out of boredom, wanted something simple and easy, fully expecting a generic dramedy with cliché characters. What I got was something entirely different.There are not too many films that try to explore the topic of betrayal in a relationship in its full. Yes, obviously it's one one of most common tropes in any kind of medium, but usually it's really one-sided. But true exploration of betrayal touches both sides, tries to uncover reasons, motivation behind it all, and, what's especially difficult, what do to after the fact.Last Night is surprisingly deep. We see people who are in love, who are confused, who have to deal with temptation, make a decision.Is it possible to love two people at the same time? What's worse, physical betrayal or emotional one? If something is true and pure, is it worth flushing everything else you have in your life down the toilet and pursuing this chance of happiness?All these questions are explored in full in Last Night, and as in any truly good movie, there will be no answers, you will have to answer them for yourself.Last Night reminded me of another masterpiece dialogue-driven relationship/betrayal movie – Closer. It's not the same in any way, but they are similar, so if you liked Closer, try this one as well.It's not without fair share of problems. As it's been noted in many places, two story lines are really uneven, and you almost don't care for one of them. But then again, without this contrast, without the dullness of one, you wouldn't be able to feel real emotions in the other. It's also all coming down to the fact, that men are weaker in these situation. I felt sorry for Michael, because I could understand him perfectly well.Acting is also uneven, it's not a match for what we got in Closer. It's still a movie that provokes you, gets to ask questions, gets you thinking, and for all of this it's worth checking out. But don't expect something light and easy.

**May Contain Spoilers**Last Night is one of those films that's bound to make enemies of many and friends of few. From a critical perspective it can be considered too nuanced and subtle in it's storytelling approach, lacking much bulk in both story-telling style and character development. But this film doesn't seem to care about pleasing critics, rather, it's most enjoyable when it's thought of as asking us as viewers to recall a time which we have embodied at least one of the films four characters. The husband who wants to cheat for one night, the girl who wants the man she knows she can't have, the wife who wants the man she knows she truly belongs with, and the guy who hopelessly loves the girl that got away. For the most part it's easy to be at least one of these four people, and this chance to relate is perhaps the movies strongest asset aside from a great performance from Keira Knightly, who rarely disappoints, and some beautiful NYC locations. If you go into Last Night expecting it to be 'that movie' everyone overlooked, you'll be let down. But if you treat it as one of those late night quick watches, or a movie to relax with when sick or simply not feeling like doing much, it's an easy and mellow watch.