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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox film
| name = The Last Right
| image = Last_right.jpg
| caption = Poster
| alt = Three people alongside a red estate (station wagon) with a coffin on the roof.
| director = Aoife Crehan
| writer = Aoife Crehan
| producer = Paul Donovan
Pippa Cross
Casey Herbert
| starring =
| cinematography =
| editing = Matt Canning
| music = Stephen Rennicks
| studio = CrossDay Productions
Deadpan Pictures
Moonlight Bay Films
| distributor =
| released =
| runtime = 106 minutes
| country = United Kingdom
Ireland
| language = English
}}
'The Last Right' is a 2019 British-Irish comedy-drama film written and directed by Aoife Crehan. The film premiered at the 2019 Cork International Film Festival.
Plot
On a journey from his home in New York to his mother's funeral in Clonakilty, County Cork, Daniel Murphy meets a fellow passenger who records him as his next of kin, and soon after dies. Daniel's autistic brother later to reveal as his son, who had been raised by his mother, persuades him that he should facilitate the stranger's body being brought to Rathlin Island to be buried with his brother. This becomes possible when they do a favour for a local woman, and the three have a road-trip adventure amid a police attempt to prevent them and a building media interest in the story.
Cast
* Niamh Algar as Mary Sullivan
* Michiel Huisman as Daniel Murphy
* Samuel Bottomley as Louis Murphy
* Colm Meaney as Donald Crowley
* Brian Cox as Father Reilly
* Eleanor O'Brien as Sheila O'Neill
* Michael McElhatton as Frank Delaney
* Jim Norton as Padraig
* Donna Anita Nikolaisen as flight attendant
* Colm O'Brien as airport guard
* Clare Barrett as Teresa
* Eamon Rohan as Mr Crowley
* Julie Sharkey as Eileen Sullivan
* Helena Browne as landlady
* Barry Roe as Brian
* Catherine Byrne as Aunty Meg
* Aidan O'Hare
* Bryan Quinn
Reception
On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes the film has a score of based on reviews from critics, with an average rating of . On Metacritic, 'The Last Right' have a rank of 62 out of a 100 based on 4 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".
Donald Clarke of 'The Irish Times', the film is "very Irish", adding that it is "A reasonably likeable salute to a Magic Ireland we don't see much anymore". Kimberly Reyes of 'Film Ireland' wrote "The journey's pacing is entertaining most of the way through but making comedy out of tragedy is an Irish specialty that shouldn't need to borrow any Americanness". Couple of days later, another contributor of the same publication, Liam Hanlon, praised the director and wrote that "[it's] a film that will make you eager to see what [Aoife Crehan] creates next". Brian Lloyd of 'entertainment.ie', called it "sweet and earnest" and compared the film to 'Rain Man' and 'The Holiday'.
Not all critics responded positively to the film. Alan Corr of RT, wrote "This Christmas road trip comedy of errors from first time director Aoife Crehan loses its way". 'Irish Independent's Chris Wasser called the film "frustrating", adding that "[it] result[s] in a film that is annoyingly broad and surprisingly lazy".
References
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