The Last 5 Years (2015) Movie Review

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The Last 5 Years (2015) Movie Review
Rating:     Rated PG-13 for sexual material, brief strong language and a drug image
Production:     Lucky Monkey Pictures
Genres:     Drama, Comedy, Romance, Musical
Country:     USA
Language:     English
Director: Richard LaGravenese
Writers: Jason Robert Brown
Stars: Anna Kendrick, Jeremy Jordan, Meg Hudson

Critic Reviews for The Last 5 Years - MDBReviews

The Last 5 Years critic reviews provided by Metacritic.com

Variety Peter Debruge
Beyond scrappy, The Last 5 Years lacks a unifying aesthetic, as if this were merely the run-through, grabbed on the fly without lights, costumes or location permits. This approach does improve upon the stage show in one key respect, however, allowing us to see all those crooned-over emotions writ large on the faces of its two terrific lead performers.

The Playlist Kevin Jagernauth
Though LaGravenese's faithfulness to the songbook is perhaps admirable, the results don't quite work cinematically.

Slant Magazine
The film mostly skirts any connection to musical theater as though it were faintly embarrassed.

The Hollywood Reporter David Rooney
The problem is that the romance as depicted is just not interesting enough to sustain realistic treatment. It's sweet but a tad dull. The two characters lack dimension, and their stereotypical situations seem entirely generic.