As the end of the world approaches, two lonely souls find companionship together in this unusual apocalyptic drama from Canada. The film is very light on special effects and deliberately skirts over the pseudoscience of what is causing the apocalypse to instead explore the diverse ways that human beings would likely approach a predicted doomsday. With most of the characters quite calm and collected, the film does not always convey the feeling of an impending apocalypse, however, the use of constant brightness (even late at night) serves as a reminder that things are not quite right. The main setback of the film in any case is the fact that it spends a lot of time on supporting players such as David Cronenberg's workaholic executive and a young guy interested in trying every sexual experience under the sun before dying - all of whom have more fascinating quirks that the two protagonists, always rationalising everything around them (that said, their rational carjacking of a vehicle is a certain highlight). Whatever the case, the film concludes on a surefire memorable note and the frequent playing of gas company phone call messages in the background injects a welcome dose of humour into the rather grim proceedings. Director Don McKellar would later go on to write the terrific 'Blindness' for Fernando Meirelles, but this is an interesting stepping stone of sorts movie.
Review of Last Night
