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The Last Thing He Wanted

4.9(551)20201h 56m3

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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Status
Released
Budget
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Box office
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Language
English
  • based on novel or book
  • sandinism
  • el salvador
  • co-workers relationship
  • woman director
  • investigative journalism
  • costa rica
  • 1980s
  • political thriller
  • weapons trafficking
  • iran–contra affair
  • father daughter relationship

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Behind the camera

Director

Dee Rees

Produced in

United Kingdom, United States of America

Where to watch

Availability for India. Provided by JustWatch through the TMDB API.

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereSundance Film Festival27 Jan 2020
    • Theatrical (limited)R14 Feb 2020
    • Digital / OTTRNetflix21 Feb 2020
  • BrazilBR

    • Digital / OTT16Netflix21 Feb 2020
  • FranceFR

    • Digital / OTTNetflix21 Feb 2020
  • GermanyDE

    • Digital / OTT16Netflix21 Feb 2020
  • ItalyIT

    • Digital / OTTNetflix21 Feb 2020
  • JapanJP

    • Digital / OTTR18+21 Feb 2020
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Digital / OTT12Netflix21 Feb 2020
  • PolandPL

    • Digital / OTT1621 Feb 2020
  • RussiaRU

    • Digital / OTT16+Netflix21 Jul 2020
  • SingaporeSG

    • Digital / OTTM18Netflix21 Feb 2020
  • South KoreaKR

    • Digital / OTT15Netflix21 Feb 2020
  • SpainES

    • Digital / OTTNetflix21 Feb 2020

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The Last Thing He Wanted was released on 14 February 2020.

Audience reviews

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    CinemaSerf

    3/27/2022

    4/10

    This has to be the worst example yet of the Netflix gazillions buying a cast that looks great on paper, but that delivers badly on screen. It isn't necessarily their fault - the writing is as incoherent as it is facile and the direction is all over the shop. There are simultaneous threads to the story (journalist Anne Hathaway "Elena" ends up in Central America getting drawn into a story of US government/agency dupli…

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