The Last Kiss (2006)

Everyone in this movie are either over emotional, cheating, lying, obsessed and bat-s*** crazy or everything together. It made me sick, really, how people toy around with each other and then say they're sorry etc. I've never written a review to a movie before, but this time I just felt I have to say - don't watch this! Unless you're a teenager who likes to watch unstable "grown-ups" in movies. I don't know, it was just so bad. I've seen bad movies before but none of them made me so angry at the characters. Nothing funny or romantic about it. These characters are horrible. I wanted to end my review but seems that I have to write at least 10 lines to submit this. Alrgiht, well, the most normal guy was the one who wasn't shown a lot and most of the time he was having sex with someone. He probably had mental issues like everyone else too but they just didn't show them. Okay I think this is enough now. Don't watch this movie.

Another turd of a script pooped out by Paul Haggis, "The Last Kiss" is not quite as poor as "Crash"'s script, is still a real turd. The sappy sitcom situations drawn up are contrived and forced replete with characters double-tracking, forgiving and screaming over and over again. To top it all off there's the clichéd "I'm growing older" wedding whining and soupy throughout. Lead Zach Braff in a similarly aloof goony character whom no one can identify with as in "Garden State" only this movie is not up to the task and unfocused comparatively to Garden State. We have too many characters and melodrama enough for 3 movies in this crud. Why did Tom Wilkerson stoop to the level of being in this horrid material. It's Grey's Anatomy sitcom clichéd crap. Wholly bad....Give it a miss.

Hollywood, for lack of originality, sometimes resorts to remake European film hits. Alas, those efforts can be a hit or a miss, as it never can outdo something that was perfect before. While credit must go to Tony Goldwyn and the adapter of the original material, Paul Haggis, for the way they make it palatable for American audiences, some of the enjoyment is lacking in the finished product. Part of the blame is that some of the characters in this version are people one wouldn't like to meet in the first place.The story follows the Italian version of 2001 pretty much. This tale centers around four friends that, for all practical purposes, have refused to grow to accept their new realities. That seems to be what happened to Chris and his disenchanted wife. They find themselves in no-win situation with a child they probably weren't counting on. Whatever they thought about their marriage, is not working out.Michael who is fully aware what Chris is going through, has a good relationship with Jenna, his girlfriend, with whom he is living. To complicate things, Michael meets Kim at a wedding. She clearly knows about him, so he feels flattered by the attention this attractive woman, although younger, shows him. Little prepares him when Jenna tells him she's pregnant, something that he didn't expect. While her parents are elated, Michael begins an affair with the beautiful Kim, something that will change his life completely.The American cast on this remake is fairly attractive. Zach Braff, a personable actor who keeps reminding this viewer of a young Dustin Hoffman is a charmer that has proved he has talent to spare. His Michael goes through a gamut of emotions. Equally good is Jacinda Barrett, a personable and gorgeous actress that always delivers. Casey Affleck and Rachel Bilson play Chris and Kim showing sensitive to the material. The older cast includes the excellent Blythe Danner and Tom Wilkinson, two people that are a welcome addition to any film. Harold Ramis, the director, has a small role.We look forward to more things from director Tony Goldwyn, hoping he finds the right original material in which to show the range which he is capable of giving an audience to enjoy.

This movie is best summed up as a dramatic romantic comedy. And that is not meant to sound negative. In fact, this movie is totally realistic and the dialogue is razor sharp and should be instinctively recognizable to any of us who has actually been in love. Credit for the witty yet heart-tugging storyline goes to Paul Haggis, the genius who wrote the Oscar-winners Million Dollar Baby and Crash, as once again, his knowledge and experience of human emotions come flooding through every scene.The basic premise of the movie is a showcase of how awkward the transition can be for men, from independent, party-lover to responsible, mature adult. For some of the characters though, when you add marriage and a child to the mix, their failure to face the impending end of "freedom" is spectacularly disastrous. None more so than the lead character of Michael, who is terrified of getting married and buying a house and growing up, plus having to deal with the fact that his girlfriend is pregnant. It all seems too much to face at once, until he meets Kim, a much younger college student who awakens feelings of freedom and independence within him, even though she knows he's in a relationship. Seeing how this plays out is funny and heartbreaking at the same time.Like any good romance story, there are many other inter-connected plot lines, and they are all handled with deft skill and infinite neutrality. Trying to pick sides in this story is quite hard, which is why romance is probably not as easy as it seems. The acting is first-rate, the story is unpredictable and you'll definitely pay more attention to your own relationship afterwards. Excellent!