This use of narrative irony is in fact not just the central joke; it's the only joke. And as a result, the movie slightly overstays its welcome.
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New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
New York Daily NewsElizabeth Weitzman
Scenario is ripe for subversive humor, but Ralston never even questions the superiority of the genetically privileged.
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Village VoiceEd Park
Village VoiceEd Park
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.
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New York PostLou Lumenick
New York PostLou Lumenick
Ryan, the bodacious Seven of Nine on "Star Trek Voyager," is the only excuse to suffer through writer-director Harry Ralston's feeble comedy.
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Los Angeles TimesJan Stuart
Los Angeles TimesJan Stuart
Fat, homely men who feel they have been wrongly underrepresented in underwear ads should flock to The Last Man.