Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Measured
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- sardonic
- provocative
- claustrophobic
- political discussion night
- late night dark comedy viewing
What critics said
Critics broadly found the sharp script and well-chosen cast effective within an ambitious black-comedy satire, while faulting its repetitive, obvious handling of politics and its uneasy balance between humor and message.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The roommates turn ideological dinner debates into a murderous campaign against guests they deem socially harmful.
The friends struggle to decide which conservative guests deserve to die, exposing the instability of their supposedly principled mission.
The recurring Sunday dinners provide the film's central social ritual and the mechanism for both ideological debate and murder.
Jude, Luke, Marc, Paulie, and Pete repeatedly disagree over extremism, self-defense, and the limits of political violence.
Films like The Last Supper, and why
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
shared black comedy, political satire, morally provocative ensemble premise, and escalating crime
Happiness
shared darkly comic social satire, ideological extremism, and uncomfortable moral ambiguity
The Menu
shared black humor, liberal hypocrisy, political provocation, and dinner-party tension
Very Bad Things
shared crime comedy, ideological conflict, and escalating consequences among a tightly bound group
Movie Details
- Director
- Stacy Title
- Release Date
- 1995-09-08
- Runtime
- 92 min
- Rating
- 6.5 / 10 (304)
Cast
- Cameron Diaz
- Ron Eldard
- Annabeth Gish
- Jonathan Penner
- Courtney B. Vance
- Jason Alexander
- Nora Dunn
- Charles Durning
- Bryn Erin
- Mark Harmon
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Last Supper about?
- A liberal student dinner circle transforms political debate into a dangerous campaign of vigilante murder, only to discover that ideological certainty is harder to sustain than violence.
- What is The Last Supper like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Last Supper as measured, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is The Last Supper violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in The Last Supper as moderate.
- What did critics think of The Last Supper?
- Critics broadly found the sharp script and well-chosen cast effective within an ambitious black-comedy satire, while faulting its repetitive, obvious handling of politics and its uneasy balance between humor and message.
- Which films are like The Last Supper?
- Films with a similar feel include Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, Happiness, The Menu, and Very Bad Things.
- How long is The Last Supper?
- The Last Supper runs 92 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Last Supper?
- In United States, The Last Supper streams on Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel.
