Synopsis
It's not the end of the world... there's still six hours left.
Various citizens of Toronto anxiously await the end of the world, which is occurring at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day.
1998 Directed by Don McKellar
Various citizens of Toronto anxiously await the end of the world, which is occurring at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Day.
Don McKellar Sandra Oh Roberta Maxwell Robin Gammell Sarah Polley Trent McMullen Charmion King Jessica Booker David Cronenberg Tracy Wright Callum Keith Rennie Karen Glave Arsinée Khanjian Chandey Michaels Geneviève Bujold Bryan Renfro François Girard Daniel Iron Bruce McDonald Michael McMurtry Pierre Elrick Kirsten Johnson Regan Moore Darren O'Donnell Bob Martin Michael Barry Nathalie Shats Tom McCamus Jackie Burroughs
C.J. Lusby Edward A. Queffelec Phil Chiu Peter Szkoda Billy Oliver Patrick Mark Erin Jarvis Mary Fallick
Die letzte Nacht, Son Gece, Остання ніч, 最后一夜, Ostatnia noc
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Oh, this was brilliant. Following various people in Toronto as they're going about their last hours as the world is going to end at midnight. From a guy played by David Cronenberg who phones up every one of his customers to thank them for using his gas company, to another who uses the time to try and fulfill all of his sexual fantasies. One woman spends most of her last day in the workplace (I know one sad cow like that) and a family pretends like it is Christmas day etc. Some of the characters interact with the others at points. Just such a well done film. Bizarre, grim yet laced with dark humour that I feel will linger with me for a while.
David Cronenberg was in the theatre I was in wearing uggs because he is a PISCES and he likes to be COMFORTABLE
As I was drifting off to sleep last night, I happened to start pondering a catastrophic solar event where the sun just blips out of existence (a scientific impossibility, I know; but it was late, and minds wander). What would happen to society if they knew they only had a few hours, or a few minutes before the Earth was destroyed? How quickly, how ferociously, how widespread, would rioting and wanton destruction occur? What would I do? Who would I see? I quickly realized that I was panicking myself back awake, so I bargained with my brain that by giving Don McKellar's Last Night another watch in the morning, it would stop worrying about the apocalypse and let me get…
The world is about to end at midnight and a handful of people at Toronto spend their last hours in various ways. Some with friends and family, some partying, and others fulfilling their lifelong fantasies.
A different, more somber take on the disaster movie/end of the world genre, which was experiencing a surge in popularity during the late 90's, that focuses exclusively on its eclectic group of characters and totally ignores the science and spectacle aspect of the situation. Despite them being a quirky bunch, we never lose sight of their core humanity and what makes them tick. And despite the gloomy circumstances there is enough humor here to make this film more of a dramedy rather than pure drama.…
probably the most realistic-feeling doomsday film i've seen. sandra oh's performance is so truthful and bumping up my rating half a star for the last five minutes which pack an emotional punch i wasn't expecting. and david cronenberg is such a sweet man i'm sad
This is station CKRT staying with you until the very end.
Little indie vignettes permeating the banal meaningless rituals we uphold and the warm fuzzies of nostalgia. The world is ending in six hours, daylight never breaks, and New Years Day marks the last time we’ll be alive. It’s really simple, runs like a Gus van Sant, not trying to create this insane cataclysmic event, but an introspective look on our own selfish existence amongst really mundane interactions. Clearly heavily influenced by previous indie movies, sometimes feels like a college project, but has a great supporting cast (Sandra Oh, Geneviève Bujold, and David Cronenberg himself). It does work excellently as an end of the year piece highlighting the obligations and resolutions we’ve made punctuate meaning in our lives which is ultimately rather futile — raw movement and destruction, broken connections for the abandoned, and the inescapability of everyday life.
Happy New Year everyone.
This is a cute little movie about the end of the world. Everyone's freaking out. We follow a handful of characters and watch how they handle it. It reminds me heavily of Seeking a Friend for the End of the World, and I assume this was a big influence on that movie. Surprisingly, it feels like for such an out there idea this movie really doesn't do much with it. It could have been a lot better, but it's nice for what it is and Sandra Oh was really great.
Magnolia meets Miracle Mile. Pretty cool film, but Sandra Oh‘s performance is easily the best part.
Filmed partially on the street where my mom's law office was located. Mom accidentally walked onto the set one day. She says Don McKellar was quite a nice young man.
Why didn't Don McKellar become Canada's (non-problematic) Woody Allen?
This movie is great, but there is something way more important.
I saw this at the opening of a theater in Toronto and David Cronenberg was there. He was wearing uggs.
I feel like this is a story I'm going to tell my grandchildren and they'll say he fell off after The Fly and I'll insist he was always excellent and then force them to watch eXistenZ and they'll say isn't this just Inception and I'll say this came out before that movie and that movie sucks. Kids those days I'll say, kids those days.