Starring Winona Ryder, Ray Romano, and Wes Bentley.
The Last Word's plot is about a 'poet' (Bentley) who writes suicide notes for suicidal people, currently for Romano's character, and subsequently goes to a clients funeral, and meets the sister (Ryder). He lies about who he is, she falls for him, she finds out he's lying, you can tell where this is going.
The poet is supposed to be introverted, but he ends up seeming awkward and abrasive. The woman is described as free spirited, but comes off as pushy and a little bit insane. The storyline involving Romano's character is thrown in and almost makes no sense. The dialogue is choppy, the acting is unnatural, the pace is too slow. The Last Word is a romantic comedy that tries to break free of the expectations but ends up falling short. What's worse is that Bentley's facial expression throughout the entire duration of the film is a strange combination of confused and concerned, and it makes him look decidedly angry.
I barely got through the film, it bored me to tears. I realized halfway through that I was only watching it for Winona, and her performance was embarrassingly bad. I would recommend this film to my mother, because she enjoys boring 'romance' films. Rated 2/10, because it wasn't as bad as it could have been.
The Last Word currently holds a 40% critic rating and a 45% audience rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
The Last Word trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r7SJyrKX64I
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0876233/
www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1210249-last_word/
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