4:44 Last Day on Earth (2011)

A look at how a painter and a successful actor spend their last day together before the world comes to an end.

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Bandy Greensacks rated 4:44 Last Day on Earth

7 stars

AmandaAllen rated 4:44 Last Day on Earth

10 stars

walter-addiego-san-francisco-c added a review of 4:44 Last Day on Earth

The movie is probably best appreciated by devotees of the cult director, who has made some good films and some interesting ones (and some that are both): "King of New York," "Bad Lieutena... Read the review

walter-addiego-san-francisco-c rated 4:44 Last Day on Earth

5 stars

scott-tobias-npr added a review of 4:44 Last Day on Earth

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 ... Read the review

scott-tobias-npr rated 4:44 Last Day on Earth

6 stars

stephanie-zacharek-movieline added a review of 4:44 Last Day on Earth

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 l... Read the review

stephanie-zacharek-movieline rated 4:44 Last Day on Earth

7 stars

va-musetto added a review of 4:44 Last Day on Earth

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 the review

va-musetto rated 4:44 Last Day on Earth

8 stars

joe-neumaier added a review of 4:44 Last Day on Earth

Feels stagy and anti-visceral. Read the review

joe-neumaier rated 4:44 Last Day on Earth

4 stars

scott-bowles added a review of 4:44 Last Day on Earth

An hour into Earth and we're waiting for the film to end, not just the planet. Read the review

scott-bowles rated 4:44 Last Day on Earth

5 stars

ao-scott added a review of 4:44 Last Day on Earth

Your last day - or, as it happens, the whole planet's last day - will be just like every other one. Mr. Ferrara makes this point with ingenuity and characteristic thrift by using found ne... Read the review

ao-scott rated 4:44 Last Day on Earth

6 stars

sam-adams-the-av-club added a review of 4:44 Last Day on Earth

The improvised dialogue takes hairpin turns, some less fruitful than others, holding onto just enough traces of structure to sustain the film's brief length. Read the review

sam-adams-the-av-club rated 4:44 Last Day on Earth

8 stars

owen-gleiberman added a review of 4:44 Last Day on Earth

One of Dafoe's deadbeat friends observes, ''The world's been ending ever since it started, man,'' and you may think the same thing about this movie. Read the review

owen-gleiberman rated 4:44 Last Day on Earth

5 stars