Last Orders

Pros: Ensemble cast, Story, Direction, Score
Cons: I wish there were more movies of this quality

Last Orders (2001) Ending is easy. It’s the carrying on that’s hard. Jack Dodds A road trip takes a group of people through time as well as distance as four men take their friend’s ashes to his final destination. An ensemble cast of ...

Pros: Moving story, with strong performances
Cons: Cockney accents may put off some viewers

Sometimes, people can pretend that life is good, and in that game, they find the elements that do make life good. The main character in Fred Schepisi’s film, “Last Orders,” is one such person. Jack Dodds (Michael Caine) is a butcher who has just recently...

Pros: The extraordinary cast, performances and direction
Cons: None, except the cadence of speech patterns requires acclimatizing

Want to see a movie that will create a longing in you for bygone days? This may be your movie, then. Although these “days” are of a time before me, and a place I have never been, Schepisi’s film creates such a vibrant portrait of four friends...

Pros: Beautifully written and performed.
Cons: Bad sixties hair.

I'm still hard at work on my new spectacular theatrical piece, Aida on Ice in which I'm to play the title role. My collaborators, however, are not being terribly professional at the moment. First, there's my skating coach, Miss Tonya Harding. I...

Pros: Superb writing and direction by Jim Schepisi. A moving allegory. A perfect cast and crew.
Cons: The plot nub requires the talents of all involved to gain audience acceptance.

"It ain't like your regular sort of day."

Four men go for a drive, start on a quest, make a pilgrimage.

LAST ORDERS might have been about a hunting trip, an excursion to the casino; a group of "bachelors" invited to a wedding, or...

Pros: Excellent acting all around. Moving story.
Cons: None.

Ray (Bob Hoskins), Lenny (David Hemmings) and Vic (Tom Courtenay) gather together to honor the wishes of their friend, Jack (Michael Caine). Jack has recently died and he wants his best friends and drinking buddies to scatter his ashes off of the pier at...