Adrift in their broken-down space shuttle with little hope of rescue, two astronauts argue over their future as friends or something more.
Who is in it?
Anthony Mackie - Adam Gherrity
Zoe Chao - Jane Kuang
Favorite Scene:
[spoiler alert]
After learning they'll be headed back to Earth, Adam wishes Jane would remain his best friend, but she declines.
Favorite Quote:
"People are meant to be together."
Review:
Stuck on "My List" for the better part of a year, I finally fired If You Were the Last up for watch, and ultimately, wasn't disappointed. In fact, I was upset I left it on the list for so long!
The film is a weird blend of hokey meets serious, comedic meets thoughtful. It's quite the blend that causes you to not take the plot overly seriously with its flashback scenes, cut scenes, punch lines, and cheesy "technology". The space aircraft displaying a frown face, followed by a skull and bones 8-bit graphic, isn't exactly what we all think NASA aircraft are like.
And oh yeah, they had a television, kitchen, and the works aboard...
Nonetheless, in all of its non-seriousness, the film does a tremendous job of displaying what a relationship should be - treating the other person as if they were the last. Here were two people who blocked out the rest of the world (somewhat literally) and shared everything with one another and relied on one another in a platonic way, before that topic was placed on the table.
They were each other's worlds.
This film takes a few nice turns, which keep you entertained. Zoe Chao is great throughout the film. And the dance scenes are the best.
This is a great feel-good film.
Grade: 3.5./5