Fresh
Delicately handled and superbly textured, this fine adaptation of Graham Swift's Booker Prize-winning novel deals with all the really big subjects: love, friendship, death, life.
David Stratton, Variety
Overview
Jack Dodd was a London butcher who enjoyed a pint with his mates for over 50 years. When he died, he died as he lived, with a smile on his face watching a horse race on which he had bet, with borrowed money. But before he died he had a final request, 'Last Orders', that his ashes be scattered in the sea at Margate. The movie follows his mates, Ray, Lenny and Vic and his foster son Vince as they journey to the sea with the ashes. Along the way, the threads of their lives, their loves and their disappointments are woven together in their memories of Jack and his wife Amy
Director and cast
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79%
Tomatometer
Fresh
One of the most rewarding and authentic depictions of/tributes to the Cockney way of life in recent years.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Fresh
Gathering its forces slowly, this careful, thoughtful film, quietly but deeply moving, is dramatic without seeming to be.
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
Fresh
A movie I loved on first sight and, even more important, love in remembrance.
Michael Wilmington, Chicago Tribune
Rotten
The film, like its characters, is limited by a provincial self-absorption.
Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel
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