The Last Detail Reviews

This movie is one of those cases when you expect a masterpiece but eventually, it doesn’t really blow you away. I mean, I kept hearing some very good things about this flick so I had some very high expectations. Don’t misunderstand me, I still think it is a pretty good flick but there was never a single moment when I thought that the whole thing was either hilarious or really brilliant. Basically, it is a rather funny and sad comedy, definitely more interesting than your standard mainstream comedy, but I had a hard time caring about those characters and what they were going through. Apparently, all the profanity was back then a big deal and they thought off removing it completely but 40 years later, there is nothing really shocking about it. It is the only movie directed by Hal Hashby that I have seen so far but I thought that his directing style was pretty good and I will probably watch his other movies such as ‘Being There’ or ‘Harold and Maude’ when I get the opportunity. Concerning Jack Nicholson, I thought he was pretty good but if you don’t like his usual hysterical foul mouthed characters, you won’t like this one either. I don’t know, I really wanted to connect with this movie but it just never happened, maybe I should re-watch it at some point and give it another shot. Anyway, to conclude, even though I thought it was a little bit disappointing, it still remains a solid and original comedy and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.