A lavish costume drama about the final months in the life of Leo Tolstoy, The Last Station treats the author's end as a tragi-comedy, with the emphasis more on boisterous comedy than sombre tragedy.

| Nov 28, 2020

The kind of film that commands you to visit your local arthouse theatre and watch true acting greats at work.

| Original Score: 3.5/4.0 | Sep 13, 2020

The Last Station is a film that lives and dies on its performances, and director Michael Hoffman has assembled an inspired cast.

| Jan 23, 2020

Technically the film is masterful.

| Nov 15, 2019

The very definition of a character piece, The Last Station is a stunning example of a group of accomplished actors at the very top of their game.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 24, 2019

The moral lines are drawn so schematically that the characters become puppets of the script, despite the actors' best efforts.

| Jul 26, 2019

The bulk of The Last Station acts, much like Tolstoy's Anna Karenina, as a cautionary tale about the tragic consequences of serving self over others, particularly within marriage.

| Oct 3, 2018

By turns sorrowful, sardonic and histrionic, Mirren's Sofya is always wonderfully, sloppily human.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Aug 15, 2018

With all of its faults, The Last Station will satisfy even those only slightly familiar with the works of Leo Tolstoy and the time in which he lived

| Jan 13, 2018

Mature Tolstoy biopic recounts his conflicted last days.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Dec 31, 2010

The Last Station is the kind of adult drama that I'm just thankful is still being made. Therefore, I was ecstatic to also find it to be rather good.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Oct 21, 2010

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| Original Score: 1.5/5 | Jul 29, 2010

Feels akin to using Tolstoy's life to write a greeting card.

| Original Score: 5/10 | Jul 8, 2010

La película es un placer de principio a fin, no sólo por su valor testimonial y su estupenda reconstrucción de época, sino sobre todo por un notable elenco donde se lucen particularmente Helen Mirren y Christopher Plummer.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 4, 2010

All of the performances are universally stellar, making this not unlike last year's Doubt %u2014 a solid, if otherwise unremarkable film that provides a playground for performers of prodigious talents.

| Original Score: 6.4/10 | Jul 4, 2010

Plummer as the alleged Tolstoy in question, is a grumpy elder aristocrat presiding over a kinky retro-hippie spiritual commune, where worshipful 19th century Russian groupies of the carnal variety frolic free love style in the Eastern European wilderness.

| Jun 11, 2010

A charming and compelling account of Tolstoy's last year.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jun 9, 2010

Despite its strong performances The Last Station is a bland and middle-of-the-road period film with faint literary pretensions.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Apr 10, 2010

This handsome, well-tuned adaptation of Jay Parini's Tolstoy biography avoids being a dour subtitled slog by its strong casting, layered contrasts of love and duty, and admirable air of enthusiasm.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Apr 8, 2010

The acting is excellent by this very capable cast, and the story is interesting. The cinematography, by Sebastian Edschmid (Adam Resurrected) is also excellent. The outdoor scenes are lush and gorgeous.

| Original Score: B | Apr 4, 2010