LAST NIGHT (Massy Tadjedin). See listing. Rating: NN
Massy Tadjedin’s low-key debut follows a New York couple contemplating separate infidelities after a fight. He (Sam Worthington) thinks about boffing a flirtatious colleague (Eva Mendes) on an overnight trip to Philadelphia, while she (Keira Knightley) spends the day in the company of an ex-lover (Guillaume Canet).
It’s very nicely shot, and everyone wears lovely clothes, but there’s not a lot going on. Neither of the leads is developed enough to bother caring about, and Tadjedin’s elliptical approach to their crises just diffuses the emotional content even further.
Canet is quietly excellent as a man who knows he’s lost out on the love of his life, but Tadjedin is only interested in his character as he relates to Knightley. Perhaps the movie should have told his story instead.
