Review of The Last Station (2009) by Mark H — 05 Feb 2010
Boring account of people fighting over the rights to Leo Tolstoy's literary legacy during his final year. On the one side we have his wife, Sofya, who feels they should be bequeathed to his family.
On the other, we're given Vladimir Chertkova, a staunch disciple of the author's beliefs, who wants them as the property of the Russian people. Somewhere in the middle is Valentin Bulgakov, a naive private secretary.
What should have been a fascinating subject, namely a biography of Leo Tolstoy, instead becomes a tedious discussion of how the copyrights of his novels should be entrusted. Although none of the characters are particularly interesting, director Michael Hoffman has unwisely made Valentin the focus of his film.
Regrettably his spiritual awakening at Tolstoy's vast country estate, is the real subject of this bland coming of age drama.
This review of The Last Station (2009) was written by Mark H on 05 Feb 2010.
The Last Station has generally received positive reviews.
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