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The Last Movie Stars (TV Series)

The Last Movie Stars

2022

Ethan Hawke

Documentary, Laura Linney, Melanie Griffith, Sam Rockwell ...

7.4

253

TV Series. Drama. Documentary 'The Last Movie Stars' chronicles Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward's iconic careers and decades-long partnership. The history of their love, lives, and philanthropy.

	Author	Review
United States	Sheri Linden The Hollywood Reporter	"A longform documentary that manages to be both meta and charming, cerebral and deeply felt (...) [It] offers surprises at every turn"	POS
United States	Kristen Lopez IndieWire	"The discussion of the pair as masters of acting is interesting (...) Either way, if you’re a classic film fan or just a devotee of cinema make it a point of seeing 'The Last Movie Stars'."	POS
United States	Daniel D'Addario Variety	"Hawke and editor Barry Poltermann cleverly marshal footage, with both partners’ work generously layered in (...) you’ll leave 'The Last Movie Stars' wanting more."	POS
United States	David Fear Rolling Stone	"A perfect docuseries (...) It also respects and admires them enough not stop there, and try to let the world know that it wasn’t all happiness"	POS
United States	Richard Roeper Chicago Sun-Times	"[A] brilliantly conceived, masterfully executed, admirably honest and consistently revealing series. When we see Hawke on camera, he’s like a kid on Christmas morning (...) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Joel Keller Decider	"Despite the self-indulgent aspects of 'The Last Movie Stars', Ethan Hawke has created a fascinating docuseries about one of the biggest Hollywood power couples ever, as well as the issues that defined their marriage."	POS
United States	John Anderson The Wall Street Journal	"Perhaps you have to be a fan of either of the actors already to burrow into 'The Last Movie Stars' though in terms of film biography, or documentary in general, it's a remarkable piece of work"	POS
United States	Matt Zoller Seitz rogerebert.com	"This series is way better than good. It's easy to imagine people who know nothing about Newman and Woodward being mesmerized by it (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Marya E. Gates The Playlist	"'The Last Movie Stars' is not afraid to show the complexity of truth. There is no desire to perpetuate a fantasy, to print the legend (...) Hawke is clearly a skilled interviewer"	POS
United States	Peter Travers ABC News	"You won't watch Newman and Woodward on screen again without thinking of this unique and unforgettable event. It's one of the best and most moving pieces of movie love you'll see anywhere"	POS
United States	Mike Hale The New York Times	"It’s a sprawling, complicated tale, and Hawke — who took it on at the request of one of Newman and Woodward’s children — responds to the challenge with an approach that’s both exhaustive and disarmingly casual"	POS
United States	Richard Brody The New Yorker	"Ethan Hawke’s documentary is hagiographic, but it’s also canny, inventive, and revelatory."	POS

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