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14 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60Village VoiceVillage VoiceThe use of stock footage eventually approaches overkill in the montage-heavy climax. Much more impressive is the way Ferrara uses his own "documentary" footage of the city.
- 60The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottYour last day - or, as it happens, the whole planet's last day - will be just like every other one. Mr. Ferrara makes this point with ingenuity and characteristic thrift by using found news footage to provide images of apocalypse.
- Dafoe, who also starred in Ferrara's woefully underseen "Go Go Tales," brings a quiet grace to his role, while Leigh has a rough-hewn emotional directness.
- 50Slant MagazineJaime N. ChristleySlant MagazineJaime N. ChristleyIt's only natural that Abel Ferrara's vision of the end of the world should take corporeal form as a quasi-autobiographical hangout movie.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeThe Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeIn his 4:44 Last Day on Earth, the auteur imagines the apocalypse from an aging NYC hipster's perspective, hitting melancholy notes that may ring true for a small segment of the art-house audience but, without the compelling presence of Willem Dafoe, would have little hope at the box office.
- 50Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanOne of Dafoe's deadbeat friends observes, ''The world's been ending ever since it started, man,'' and you may think the same thing about this movie.
- 50USA TodayScott BowlesUSA TodayScott BowlesAn hour into Earth and we're waiting for the film to end, not just the planet.
- 40Time OutJoshua RothkopfTime OutJoshua RothkopfLet's not make 4:44 Last Day on Earth sound cooler than it is. Compared with Lars von Trier's histrionically doomed "Melancholia," the film lacks any serious attempt to grapple with mortality.
- 40New York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierNew York Daily NewsJoe NeumaierFeels stagy and anti-visceral.