Alternately poignant, tearful and laugh-out-loud funny, “One Last Thing…” walks an odd line between drama and airy feel-fine comedy, but it seems sure of every move thanks to a pitch perfect script by Barry Stringfellow.
Moving, funny, startlingly original. One of the year’s first great surprises and clearly one of its best films.
“One Last Thing…” isn’t a wish-fulfilling fantasy; it’s a story that rings true and moves us, but without easy sentiment.
Propelled by Michael Angarano’s funny, nuanced performance and Barry Stringfellow’s virtuoso script, “One Last Thing…” is an irresistible mix of pathos, adolescent anarchy and occasionally raunchy laughs.
One Last Thing …” does make audiences feel that life a is mysterious, wonderful and grand, but it does so by never saying it and by staying grounded in the earthy, messy ways in which people live.
…a sweet, funny, insightful, and entirely lovable tale.
Scripts Purchased by Major Studios
“Break a Leg”
Disney
After a winning-obsessed soccer coach loses his job at a prestigious private school, the only job he can find is coaching a dismal team at a performing arts high school
“Viva Lefty”
Sony
After a redneck, major league pitching phenom suffers a debilitating injury, the Mexican League becomes his last chance
“Boys of Summer”
Miramax
A small-town teenage baseball star is thrust into the hyper-competitive world of travel ball