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The Last Song

Overview


Genre :

Drama

Release Date :

March 31, 2010

MPAA Rating :

PG

Director :

Julie Anne Robinson

Starring :

Miley Cyrus, Liam Hemsworth, Greg Kinnear, Kelly Preston, Bobby Coleman, Nick Lashaway, Carly Chaikin, Hallock Beals, Nick Searcy, Stephanie Leigh Schlund

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Not quite bad, but it's not recommended either.    Readers  5 of 5 [Rate It]

2 of 5

“..You know exactly what's coming before it arrives..”
by Sean O'Connell [Filmcritic.com]
“..To watch "The Last Song" is to feel a little sorry for Nicholas Sparks..”
by Mick LaSalle [San Francisco Chronicle]
2.5 of 4

“..the movie is likely to delight sad young girls and bore bitter old critics..”
by Stephen Whitty [Newark Star-Ledger]
1 of 5

“..strictly generic..”
by Sandra Hall [Sydney Morning Herald]
2.5 of 4

“..so sentimental that you'll need a hanky -- or a package of Kleenex if you're a teen girl..”
by Jon Bream [Minneapolis Star Tribune]
1.5 of 4

“..Last Song is an awfully long and tiresome tune..”
by Bruce DeMara [Toronto Star]
2 of 4

“..It's not a great film..”
by Roger Moore [Orlando Sentinel]
2 of 4

“..It's a party in the USA..”
by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe]
“..it can't manage to sort through its various issues in any dramatically compelling way..”
by A.O. Scott [NY Times]
1.5 of 4

“..almost laughably maudlin..”
by Jeff Vice [Deseret News]
2 of 4

“..All the obvious elements combine to manipulate the audience into a weepy time at the movies..”
by Claudia Puig [USA Today]
1 of 4

“..a weeper..”
by Connie Ogle [Miami Herald]
3 of 5

“.."Last Song" is one of those maudlin romantic melodramas you just can't warn folks off..”
by Michael Ordona [LA Times]

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