The Last Dance

2024 [CANTONESE]

Drama

11
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 97% · 15 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 97% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.6/10 10 3335 3.3K

Plot summary

A debt-ridden wedding planner inadvertently becomes a successful funeral planner. However, he must convince a traditional Taoist priest of his legitimacy to continue operating in the field.

Director

Anselm Chan Photo
Anselm Chan

Top cast

Rachel Leung Photo
Rachel Leung as Soso
Michael Ning Photo
Michael Ning as Lai
Edward Ma Photo
Edward Ma
Catherine Chau Photo
Catherine Chau as Jane
720p.BluRay 1080p.BluRay
1.13 GB
1280*538
Cantonese 2.0
NR
Subtitles cn  
24 fps
2 hr 6 min
Seeds 5
2.33 GB
1920*808
Cantonese 5.1
NR
Subtitles cn  
24 fps
2 hr 6 min
Seeds 32

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by HKRiku 9 / 10

My first time writing a review

This one is that kind of movies that linger in your mind, that make you think about life, that give you certain positive impacts.The casting is great and the acting of the individuals is near perfect.The movie is good for audience of any religious background, for audience who believe or not the last dance is meaningful for the death, for audience who has good/bad bonding with the family, for audience who is struggling for life, and even for audience who doesn't like going to cinemas.Hong Kong movie industries have been relying too much on kungfu/gangster stories for the last 10 or even 20 years. This movie is a major break-through while in Asia Korean/Japanese movies have been dominating.Good job!!
Reviewed by ferris_cheong 8 / 10

One of the best hk film. Incredible in this genre.

You can never compare this film with other title that shoot for a far bigger picture or genre.But this film is a lead example of masterpiece, doing everything well within its lane, especially with such a non-mainstream topic about some Chinese funeral ceremony. It is absolutely amazing how the director and team able to tell a story/paint a beautiful picture around this topic.It has great acting, although the pace at the first part of the film might be a little slow for some audience, but it was just interesting enough to keep my attention. With that, the film has great introduction to all the major characters in this story in order to move into act 2 and 3.Beautiful film that send great message without shoving it down your throat. None of the actors' performance or the scripts were written over the top that it became unrealistic or forcing a emotional reaction. But rather a natural state of flow that takes the audience emotion for a ride.The best film from HK so far.
Reviewed by doug-shepardson 9 / 10

This Should Be On Netflix, and not insipid 'Polo'

I didn't want to go see a movie about a Hong Kong funeral director, but my wife made me go. Sounded boring. But WOW. This is one of those rare movies that can appreciated by all cultures and all age groups. It's a dark comedy that can make you smile or have tears of compassion well up in your eyes -- even as you follow the story in subtitles. I am not familiar with the Chinese actors, I hear that some of them are very well known, and I can see why. They were all brilliant, bringing to live a screenplay that is rich in emotion and drama. Solid editing and post-production work as well. Catch it if you can. Maybe someday it will even be on Netflix!
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