Rotten
What might have emerged as hilarious lunacy in the hands of Woody Allen or Mel Brooks (at least during their '70s heyday) comes across as lame and sophomoric in this debut indie feature.
Frank Scheck, Hollywood Reporter
Overview
Apocalyptic comedy finds a socially-challenged grad school student as one of the last two men on Earth with a beautiful woman.
Director and cast
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Rotten
Feeble comedy.
Lou Lumenick, New York Post
Fresh
Alan and his fellow survivors are idiosyncratic enough to lift the movie above its playwriting 101 premise.
A.O. Scott, New York Times
Rotten
If The Last Man were the last movie left on earth, there would be a toss-up between presiding over the end of cinema as we know it and another night of delightful hand shadows.
Ed Park, Village Voice
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