One Last Thing...

One Last Thing... is a 2005 comedy-drama film written by Barry Stringfellow and directed by Alex Steyermark. It was produced by HDNet Films and released by Magnolia Pictures. The film was screened at the Toronto Film Festival on September 12, 2005 and had a limited release in the United States on May 5, 2006.

One Last Thing...
Theatrical release poster
Directed byAlex Steyermark
Written byBarry Stringfellow
Produced byJason Kliot
Susan A. Stover
Joana Vicente
Starring
CinematographyChris Norr
Edited byMichael Berenbaum
Music byAnton Sanko
Distributed byMagnolia Pictures
Release date
Running time
96 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$13,334[1]

Plot

Dylan, a high school student with an inoperable brain tumor, lives with his widowed mother Carol in Marcus Hook, Pennsylvania. He is invited on television by a wish-granting organization and stuns viewers with his wish: he wants to spend a weekend alone with supermodel Nikki Sinclaire.

Living in New York City, Nikki is watching television and hears about Dylan's wish; she is convinced by her agent to see Dylan, as part of a publicity stunt to improve Nikki's image, but her visit is very brief. Dylan is disappointed and decides to raise money and travel to New York, trying to see Nikki again.

Carol struggles with allowing her sick son (traveling with two friends) to be unsupervised in an unfamiliar city. Nikki has her own problems and is reluctant to even speak to Dylan.

Striking out and growing sicker, Dylan and his friends take a cab back to Pennsylvania, and eventually to the hospital. Surprisingly, Nikki shows up and, at his request, takes Dylan to the beach. They spend the day together talking, fishing, and kissing, eventually falling asleep on a blanket.

In the morning, Nikki discovers that Dylan has died. Nikki attends his funeral with friends and family. As he enters the afterlife, Dylan arrives on the beach to see his father, who died years before, fishing. He invites Dylan to join him. Dylan asks his father how he knows this is not a dream. His father replies, "You don't, and you never will".

Cast

Release

The region 1 DVD was released on May 23, 2006.

Reception

On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an approval rating of 11% based on 9 critics, with an average rating of 4.3/10.[2]

Janice Page of The Boston Globe wrote "One Last Thing. . . isn't so much a movie as it is A Very Special Episode in search of a TV series".[3]

Nick Schager of Slant Magazine gave the film 1 1/2 stars out of 4, criticizing One Last Thing... for being "Little more than a CBS Sunday night [film]", that according to him, "peddles inspirational fairy tale schmaltz and middling humor by the coffin-full".[4]

References
  1. "One Last Thing... (2006)". The Numbers. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
  2. "One Last Thing... (2005)". Rotten Tomatoes. Flixster. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
  3. Page, Janice (May 5, 2006). "The 'Last' word: an ordinary tear-jerker". The Boston Globe. Retrieved November 2, 2021.
  4. Schager, Nick (April 28, 2006). "Review: One Last Thing…". Slant Magazine.
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