The Last Right is a 2019 comedy drama film written and directed by Aoife Crehan. The film premiered at the 2019 Cork International Film Festival.[3]
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| Directed by | Aoife Crehan |
| Written by | Aoife Crehan |
| Produced by | Paul Donovan Pippa Cross Casey Herbert |
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| Edited by | Matt Canning |
| Music by | Stephen Rennicks |
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Running time | 106 minutes |
| Countries | United Kingdom Ireland |
| Language | English |
Plot
editOn a journey from his home in New York to his mother's funeral in Clonakilty, County Cork, Daniel Murphy meets an elderly fellow passenger who records him as his next of kin on his landing pass, and soon after dies. Daniel's autistic brother (later to be revealed as his son who had been raised by Daniel's mother) persuades him to facilitate the stranger's body brought to Rathlin Island to be buried with his brother. This becomes possible when they do a favour for a local woman, and the three have a road-trip adventure while Cork police try to stop them, believing if Daniel is not true next of kin he should not have charge of the body.
Cast
edit- Niamh Algar as Mary Sullivan
- Michiel Huisman as Daniel Murphy
- Samuel Bottomley as Louis Murphy
- Colm Meaney as Donald Crowley
- Brian Cox as Father Reilly
- Eleanor O'Brien as Sheila O'Neill
- Michael McElhatton as Frank Delaney
- Jim Norton as Padraig
- Donna Anita Nikolaisen as the flight attendant
- Colm O'Brien as airport guard
- Clare Barrett as Teresa
- Eamon Rohan as Mr Crowley
- Julie Sharkey as Eileen Sullivan
- Helena Browne as landlady
- Barry Roe as Brian
- Catherine Byrne as Aunty Meg
- Aidan O'Hare
- Bryan Quinn
Reception
editOn review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes the film has a score of 67% based on reviews from 15 critics, with an average rating of 5.7/10.[4] On Metacritic, The Last Right have a rank of 62 out of a 100 based on 4 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[5]
Donald Clarke of The Irish Times, the film is "very Irish", adding that it is "A reasonably likeable salute to a Magic Ireland we don't see much anymore".[6] Kimberly Reyes of Film Ireland wrote "The journey's pacing is entertaining most of the way through but making comedy out of tragedy is an Irish specialty that shouldn't need to borrow any Americanness".[7] Couple of days later, another contributor of the same publication, Liam Hanlon, praised the director and wrote that "[it's] a film that will make you eager to see what [Aoife Crehan] creates next".[8] Brian Lloyd of entertainment.ie, called it "sweet and earnest" and compared the film to Rain Man and The Holiday.[9]
Not all critics responded positively to the film. Alan Corr of RTÉ, wrote "This Christmas road trip comedy of errors from first-time director Aoife Crehan loses its way".[10] Irish Independent's Chris Wasser called the film "frustrating", adding that "[it] result[s] in a film that is annoyingly broad and surprisingly lazy".[11]
References
edit- ^ "The Last Right". Cork International Film Festival. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ a b "The Last Right". Screen Ireland. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ "Road trip drama/comedy The Last Right to receive World Premiere at the 64th Cork Film Festival". Screen Ireland. 14 November 2019. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
- ^ "The Last Right (2019)". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango. Retrieved 30 October 2021.
- ^ "The Last Right". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ Clarke, Donald (6 December 2019). "The Last Right: a very Irish 'Irish film'". The Irish Times. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ Reyes, Kimberly (4 December 2019). "Review of Irish Film @ Cork Film Festival 2019: The Last Right". Film Ireland.
- ^ Hanlon, Liam (6 December 2019). "Irish Film Review: The Last Right". Film Ireland.
- ^ Lloyd, Brian (27 December 2019). "The Last Right". entertainment.ie. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ Corr, Alan (6 December 2019). "Movie review: The Last Right". RTÉ.ie. Retrieved 7 August 2021.
- ^ Wasser, Chris (6 December 2019). "The Last Right review: 'Annoyingly broad and surprisingly lazy'". Irish Independent. Retrieved 7 August 2021.