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If you like psychobabble filled dreary little movies with terrible music, lousy editing and an anticlimactic ending .... then this smelly wet dog of a movie is for you. One would figure with Willem Dafoe in the title role that it would have been at least worth the effort. But this was almost as bad as some of those goofy (arty) foreign movies that make no sense. This turkey made $8,355 on 3 screens in March 2012 ... then was shut down. That right there should tell you all you need to know. I am so glad I fast-forwarded to the end after I got a little over half way thru it. I saved at least THAT much time in my life I didn't waste.

I loved this movie. Great plot, complex and psychologically encapsulating. My mind was blown. Our protagonist feels trapped at the beginning but we move with him through a 24 hour journey which includes resolving his faith, sexual orientation, and taste for non-fiction mediocre penguin books. Genius! In all I have never experienced a more fulfilling 1.7 hours of my life. The way the world is portrayed to end is amazing enough on its own. I have never encountered such an ingenious theory. So ingenious, I'd bet money that this is a plausible way for us to perish in the future. I recommend this film to all ages and profiles of people in the world with the exception of my uncle Gerald.

If, for some unfortunate reason, you're about to die, here's an advice: do not watch this movie... it's a complete waste of time, even for someone healthy, new born, or just someone with a long life ahead. I was hoping something between Melancholia and The Road... but it turns out to be sad FLOP with lame acting, a poor script, where the actors seem to drift from one line to another with no feeling at all. There's a scene when Willem Dafoe get's to cry some unbelievable crocodile tears... You've been warn! If it's your last day on earth due to health or environmental reasons, you might want to consider in putting an end to your misery before watching this unbearable picture!

How would you spend your last days on Earth if you knew the world was going to be destroyed in the morning? That's the premise in Abel Ferrara's (King of New York, Bad Lieutenant) claustrophobic new movie, starring Willem Dafoe and newcomer Shanyn Leigh in where the two play a Manhattan couple coming to terms with their final moments of existence. Ferrara's choice to shoot the majority of the film in one setting with a minimal amount of takes made me feel as if I were watching a play - not at all a bad thing, especially when the lead actor is Dafoe. This play setting, along with the 'the sky is falling' scenario practically begs for fueled performances to which both Dafoe and Leigh delivered. The actors made the most of their surroundings and turned their emoting skills on high, only occasionally finding themselves being caught in fits of overacting. This is where the movie falters, when the attention pays too much to the acting and not the scenario. Still, the little bursts of over-the- top moments weren't enough to detract me from the movie as a whole. Fans of both doomsday scenario movies and movies that show close-ups of Willem Dafoe's pubic region should walk away eerily pleased from this one.

In my viewing opinion. This movie is a total waste of time for fans of science fiction. The movie does not show any "post-apocalyptic" reasoning. While Willem Dafoe may be a good actor, and plays the part well. this movie still proves to be very disappointing to sci-fi fans. This movie needed some hint to the reason for "the end of the world". Instead of jumping into individual views towards an apocalyptic end. The acting was not to bad. But falls very short of movies like "Impact" and "Collision Earth". watch if you do not mind disappointments. Otherwise a good movie to avoid.

4:44 Last Day on Earth