| | | If You Had One Last Wish...
Features: HD DVD, Widescreen, Spanish, Subtitled
One Last Thing... is a funny and moving story starring Emmy Award Winner Cynthia Nixon (Sex and the City) and Michael Angarano (Sky High, Seabiscuit, Almost Famous). Dylan (Angarano) and his mother, Karen (Nixon), are invited onto national television by an organization that grants last wishes to the terminally ill. Dylan surprises everyone by making a shocking request: to spend a steamy weekend with supermodel Nikki Sinclair (Sunny Mabrey). After a disappointing meet-and-greet arranged by Nikki's agent (Gina Gershon), Dylan and his buddies set off for the Big Apple with hopes of fulfilling his one last wish...
"...refreshingly low-key weepie." Chuck Wilson, L.A. Weekly
"Angarano and Mabrey bring something special to the proceedings, and they make it work." Luke Y. Thompson, The Village Voice
"...across-the-board strong performances..." Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Editor's Note
This affecting and surprisingly smart comedy focuses on Dylan Jameison, a 16-year-old who happens to have terminal cancer. Offered a wish by the nonprofit "United Wish Givers," Dylan chooses what no one is expecting (but, of course, every American male secretly desires): a weekend with sexy supermodel Nikki Sinclair (Sunny Mabrey). With this intriguing premise, the film follows Dylan and his ragtag group of friends to Manhattan as they search for the lusted-after model who, it turns out, has problems of her own. Meanwhile, Dylan's concerned single mother (Cynthia Nixon, SEX AND THE CITY) wonders if this is the best way for him to be spending his last days. Despite its potential for caricature--and potentially depressing subject matter--ONE LAST THING succeeds through its well-drawn characters and its conclusion that is neither cloying nor discouraging, but tender and life-affirming--without trying too hard to be either.
| Features | Audio: English Dolby Digital Plus 5.1 Surround Sound | | Interactive Menus | | Scene Selection | | This Is An HD-DVD Made For HD-DVD Format Players Which Produce Higher Quality Picture And Sound |
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Release Information
| | Studio: MAGNOLIA PICTURES |
| Release Date: 5/30/2006 |
| Running Time: 93 minutes |
| Original Release Date: 2005 | | Catalog ID: 10044 | | UPC: 00876964000444 | | Number of Discs: 1 |
Audio & Video
| | Original Language: English | | Available Audio Tracks: English | | Video: Color |
Aspect Ratio | | Widescreen 1.78:1 |
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| | Professional Reviews | ReelViews 7 of 10
Perhaps I am unduly harsh on motion pictures that waste a promising premise. One Last Thing is a case in point - the underlying concept is rich with possibilities, yet director Alex Steyermark (Prey for Rock 'n Roll) and writer Barry Stringfellow opt to take the easy way out. There's cloying melodrama, an uplifting final scene, and little in the way of real drama in between. There are things to like about the film. In particular, the acting is solid across-the-board...One of my biggest disappointments with One Last Thing is the superficiality of dialogue and character interaction. The lone exception here is the relationship between Dylan and Karen, which is well developed. - James Berardinelli
Variety 7 of 10
Too self-consciously styled as an irreverent, lightly comic tale of a terminally cancerous teen boy and his outlandish final wish, "One Last Thing..." lacks the spontaneously raw appeal of director Alex Steyermark's cool debut, "Prey for Rock and Roll," playing closer to an after-school special (with HBO-standard dialogue) than a satisfying feature film...Even though "One Last Thing..." succumbs to trite sentimentality, Angarano gives the film its soul, with a performance that allows him space to project tenderness, uncannily mature wisdom and a commanding sensitivity to his character's growing confrontation with death. - Robert Koehler
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