Fresh
Literature lasts, but sometimes, The Last Station suggests, the ties that bind last, too.
Connie Ogle, Miami Herald
The Last Station
Intoxicating. Infuriating. Impossible. Love.
2009 · 1h 52m · R
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Michael Hoffman
Overview
A historical drama that illustrates Russian author Leo Tolstoy's struggle to balance fame and wealth with his commitment to a life devoid of material things. The Countess Sofya, wife and muse to Leo Tolstoy, uses every trick of seduction on her husband's loyal disciple, whom she believes was the person responsible for Tolstoy signing a new will that leaves his work and property to the Russian people.
Director and cast
- Michael Hoffman Director
- Helen Mirren as Sofya Tolstoya
- Christopher Plummer as Leo Tolstoy
- James McAvoy as Valentin Bulgakov
- Anne-Marie Duff as Sasha Tolstoy
- Paul Giamatti as Vladimir Chertkov
- John Sessions as Dushan
- Patrick Kennedy as Sergeyenko
- Kerry Condon as Masha
- David Masterson as Reporter
- Tomas Spencer as Andrey Tolstoy
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
70%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Some critics have derided the central performances as scenery-chewing excess, but these Tolstoys are characters who demand histrionics, and Mirren and Plummer are magnificent in delivering on those demands.
Jonathan F. Richards, Film.com
Fresh
The Last Station is a moving, fictionalized account of a piece of real Russian history, a tour de force for an actor who's in his prime in his 70s and 80s, and a real return to form for a director most at home in period pieces.
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel
Rotten
Engaging performers all, but the movie's superficial flummery is slightly exasperating when the true-life events would have provided an even richer palette of ideas.
Trevor Johnston, Time Out
Fresh
It's rewarding for a film to render rarefied ideas so concretely, but The Last Station works best as a battle of wills between husband and wife.
Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch
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