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23 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 88Chicago TribuneJohn PetrakisChicago TribuneJohn PetrakisOne of those rare movies that manages to maintain the hushed intensity and claustrophobic anxiety that is normally associated with theater or prose.
- 80Film.comPeter BrunetteFilm.comPeter BrunetteA Melancholy Delight. Its pacing will undoubtedly seem too deliberate to some, but I found first-time director Deborah Warner's The Last September a delight from beginning to end.
- 75Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittChristian Science MonitorDavid SterrittThe movie doesn't have much more get-up-and-go than the characters, but solid performances and richly textured camera work keep it involving most of the way through.
- 75Miami HeraldCurtis MorganMiami HeraldCurtis MorganSad confusions and emotional disconnections are what the story is all about.
- 70Village VoiceLeslie CamhiVillage VoiceLeslie CamhiThe film's pathos lies not with people who have justice on their side, but with those who don't know where they belong.
- 70Chicago ReaderLisa AlspectorChicago ReaderLisa AlspectorThis gorgeous expressionist drama makes the comparisons so effectively at the outset that by the end they seem belabored.
- 50Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertI'm not sure the movie should have pumped up the melodrama to get us more interested, but something might have helped.
- 50New York Daily NewsJack MathewsNew York Daily NewsJack MathewsSaga too arty for own good.
- 50New York PostLou LumenickNew York PostLou LumenickOverall, The Last September is a real snooze.
- 50TV Guide MagazineSteve SimelsTV Guide MagazineSteve SimelsThere's a certain built-in poignance to the end-of-an-era proceedings here, regardless of how frostily they're dramatized.