The Last Time (2007)

Ted (Keaton) top salesman at the Bindview sales company is forced to show new hire and midwest transplant Jamie (Fraser) the ropes. Jamie s enthusiasm isn t squashed by Ted s cynical and angry personality but after he fails to make sale after sale Jamie quickly becomes disillusioned with the big city. When Jamie introduces Ted to his beautiful fianc Belisa (Valletta) the hard-bitten salesman falls hard and when they begin an illicit affair the real Ted emerges; losing the bitter edge that made him a great salesman. Jamie continues to fail at the sales game and Ted s guilt over the affair prompts him to feed Jamie his own sales leads to try and keep him afloat. Even as Bindview begins to lose profitability Ted becomes increasingly focused on Belisa and his sales start to suffer. It is only when the company falls victim to a hostile takeover that the ingenious con is revealed.System Requirements:Running Time: 97 Mins.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: R UPC: 043396185463 Manufacturer No: 18546 Product Description

Great movie

Wonderful performance by Keaton. I agree that you may think the movie is a little corny until you get to the end, and then it all makes sense. It's all for a reason. January 25, 2008

Part humor, part romance...

This is a comedy that turns serious as a bitter salesman realizes he can still fall in love, and not with money. The problem is, he doesn't realized he's being duped and his company is being taken down...one salesman at a time by a bigwig that likes to thin out heavy competition. Will everyone open their eyes in time? I would've liked a different ending, but it was a good watch.

Chrissy K. McVay - Author September 30, 2007

Cheesy

What a cheesy movie. Made no sense and I got so tired of Brendan Fraser over acting. Sorry guys. Wish it could have been better. September 11, 2007

Good movie - surprise ending

I love movies where the plot centers around work and money. This movie was very entertaining. Michael Keaton was great, as usual - top of his game. The plot was full of twists and turns. The ending was completely different from what I expected---a complete surprise. August 21, 2007

Fair warning: do yourself a favor and buy something else

Well, no. The disk is too small to make a good frisbee and the story (which is supposed to be a psychological thriller) is neither psychological nor is it a thriller.

Here is the story so you don't have to waste your time watching it. Keaton plays a salesman who is set up to mentor a new man from the midwest. The new man is engaged, so naturally Keaton's character, who is a really nasty fellow, starts having sex with his fiancee. What he does not know is, the fiancee is a prostitute hired by a man who wants to take over the company. Somehow Keaton's affair brings down the entire sales office and helps bring down the value of the company (since other prostitutes have been hired to sabotage other sales offices across the country.) This creates an opportunity for the fellow who engineered the whole thing to buy the company for a cut rate price. Keaton's character loses his job, finds out he's been played for a sap by a hooker, and then goes back to his old job at Northwestern University as a college prof. The story ends with the people who set all this up laughing at him. That is supposed to be a thrilling surprise ending, except that it makes no sense. Furthermore, the characters are all so unlikeable there is no reason any of us should care one way or the other - and we don't.

I gave this one star because the system would not let me give it zero stars or twenty raspberries.

Amazon's got lots of great movies for sale. Do yourself a favor and buy something else.
August 8, 2007

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