The Last Thing He Wanted

The Last Thing He Wanted

2020 · 116 min · EN · R · 4.9 (474 votes)
Dir. Dee Rees · Starring Anne Hathaway, Ben Affleck, Rosie Perez, Willem Dafoe, Edi Gathegi, Mel Rodriguez · Music Tamar-kali
DramaThriller

At the turning point of the Iran-Contra affair, Elena McMahon, a fearless investigative journalist covering the 1984 US presidential campaign, puts herself in danger when she abandons her assigned task in order to fulfill the last wish of her ailing father, a mysterious man whose past activities she barely knows.

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A murky, labyrinthine political thriller that feels like a dense, unfolding mystery. It's a film that demands your full attention, weaving a complex web of secrets and moral compromise against a backdrop of historical intrigue.

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