If You Were the Last may feature uneven humor and characterizations, but its third act provides a perfect landing that makes the shaky flight worthwhile.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 21, 2024

If You Were The Last is essentially a sweet story set against an incredible background, two people against the universe, and at one point Benson.

| Nov 13, 2024

Some lovingly hand-crafted production design - somewhere between Stanley Kubrick and Wes Anderson - contributes to the film's easy-going but sincere vibe.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 17, 2024

Takes a potentially limited setup and turns it into a cute movie about intimacy that actually understands and engages the challenge.

| Original Score: B | Mar 4, 2024

"If You Were the Last" expertly balances an initial stoner look with a mushy gushy sentimentality.

| Nov 8, 2023

It's all a little odd but entertaining enough that it works.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Oct 26, 2023

This low-fi screwball charmer burns hot with Mackie and Chao’s instant chemistry.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 24, 2023

The film’s frustrating vagueness in pulling together all its many intriguing thoughts and ideas sadly undermines everything that works in its favor.

| Oct 24, 2023

The film has fun with its what-if scenario by finding an agreeable balance of quirky comedy and inherent desperation.

| Oct 21, 2023

An endlessly funny and stylish sci-fi rom-com fueled by Anthony Mackie and Zoë Chao’s impeccable chemistry.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 14, 2023

If You Were the Last’s simple concept works precisely because Mercado doesn’t try scaling it into a prestige sci-fi drama.

| Original Score: B | Mar 27, 2023

If the galaxy-brain twist on the “When Harry Met Sally” dilemma provides the ignition to “If You Were the Last,” the malleable chemistry between Mackie and Chao gives this SpaceseX-comedy ample thrust

| Mar 23, 2023

The sci-fi romance gets creative with its space aesthetic and its relationship dynamics, delivering a thoughtful, tender, and humorous romance.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Mar 23, 2023

The film’s ending could be considered foreseeable and maybe a smidge too neat. However, 'If You Were the Last' does enough of the work to justify rooting for it to happen.

| Mar 22, 2023

Essentially a time loop movie about two people getting enough space to realize they're perfect for each other, If You Were the Last will never once surprise you in its 89-minute running time, and you'll be glad it didn't.

| Mar 22, 2023

Though Mercado’s script somewhat sluggishly navigates the aftermath, the film’s sincerity and heart prove it is the latest, and one of the greatest, in the overarching canon of emotionally-driven science fiction.

| Mar 20, 2023

Mercado utilizes the amazing soundtrack to land the proverbial plane. This one might feel lo-fi, but the execution is among the best we’ve seen in the rom-com in years.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Mar 19, 2023

“If You Were the Last” is game for fluffy rom-com-like tension, but it fears its own premise. What a missed opportunity.

| Mar 17, 2023

Love is the overarching theme of If You Were the Last, and the director and cast exuded their love for it after reading the script and kept that feeling to its completion; it is palpable.

| Original Score: A+ | Mar 16, 2023

It’s a blast to watch Chao and Mackie as they engage in friendly banter and gently pick at each other’s soft spots.

| Original Score: B+ | Mar 14, 2023