Review of The Last Station (2009) by Gabe S — 28 Feb 2010
There is a really nice theater up north in suburban Chicago where this kind of movie would play. The audience was usually 70 something couples that would stare at the screen and watch with such pleasure it made me envious.
The last station is a good movie. The good kind. Not the great kind. For a period piece, it's a nice change of pace that the film is set in Russia and deals with Tolstoy as opposed to the usual Victorian British piece.
The film start really being really interesting since it deals with a lively and vibrant Tolstoy, being funny and eccentric but not clownish. He lives a very spartan life, product of a not so spartan estate.
He is surrounded by people who really care more about his money and legacy than about himself. Even the cultists that follow him are more concerned with his belongings than with his ideas.
As the story evolves, it becomes more tragic and dramatic until his death. The finale is sweet and considerate and there was a genuine heartfelt emotion.
Certainly a recommendable movie but a tad boring and sometimes repetitive.
This review of The Last Station (2009) was written by Gabe S on 28 Feb 2010.
The Last Station has generally received positive reviews.
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