The Last Thing He Wanted (2020)

Directed by

Dee Rees

Genre

thriller film

Country

United Kingdom, United States

Runtime

1h 55m

Rated

R

Rating

4.9 of 10 from 541 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A journalist gets involved with arms dealing and Central American politics in the 1980s. She becomes entangled with a mysterious American businessman and a slew of covert operatives.

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What happens

The Last Thing He Wanted is a 2020 political thriller film directed by Dee Rees, based on the 1996 novel of the same name by Joan Didion, from a screenplay by Rees and Marco Villalobos. The film stars Anne Hathaway, Ben Affleck, Rosie Perez, Edi Gathegi, Mel Rodriguez, Toby Jones, and Willem Dafoe. The Last Thing He Wanted had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 27, 2020, and was released in select theaters on February 14, 2020, followed by a release on February 21 on Netflix. The film was panned by critics, who criticized the writing. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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