As the movie opens, we get a montage of pictures from Harriet's baby days all the way to today as the opening credits roll by. We then get to know Harriett, as she is at home, bored and unsure what to do with. The Last Word is fairly generic movie where practically everything is preordained by the subgenre's convention.

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The Last Word

Is language alone enough to make a movie too edgy for some viewers? Драма, комедия. Режиссер: Марк Пеллингтон. В ролях: Ширли Маклейн, Аманда Сайфред, ЭннДжуэл Ли Диксон и др. Хэриетт — успешная и педантичная бизнесвумен. Она настолько привыкла держать всё и всех под жёстким контролем. Synopsis: Harriet is a retired businesswoman who tries to control everything around her. When she decides to write her own. At the outset of The Last Word, Harriet Lauler would seem to have—and have had—a picture-perfect life. We're first treated to sepia-tinged images from her past decades, clearly from The Last Word kicks into gear when Lauler's attention turns to the obituaries in the local paper, and she sees that the. The Last Word, directed by Mark Pellington, has an interesting premise for a lighthearted comedy-drama.

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Harriet, played by veteran actress Shirley Indeed, without MacLaine The Last Word would be a worse movie - her immense talent and the fact she has the most fascinating character is what. The word "controlling" doesn't do this vain, snippy. This is Anne (Amanda Seyfried), and, like all movie journalists, Anne doesn't seem to have much to do - except for this one extraordinarily labour intensive project that doesn't seem to lead to anything in terms of words on paper or screen.

Of course, grumpy old Harriet turns out to be a marvel of. Check out the exclusive TVGuide.com movie review and see our movie rating for The Last Word. Essentially a love story about a writer trying to choose among success, his best friend, and a lover with a mysterious past, THE LAST WORD also takes a few digs at Hollywood. Starring Shirley MacLaine, Amanda Seyfried, Anne Heche and Ann'Jewel Lee.