The Last Five Years Review

Last Five Years, The
Five years in the relationship of a young actress and her novelist boyfriend.

by David Hughes |
Published on
Release Date:

17 Apr 2015

Running Time:

94 minutes

Certificate:

12A

Original Title:

Last Five Years, The

A musical with barely any spoken dialogue is not for everyone, but in adapting Jason Robert Brown’s hit stage musical, writer-director LaGravenese does his best to make Cathy and Jamie’s five year romance irresistible, aided considerably by the casting of Kendrick.

The structure is gimmicky (Jamie’s story is linear, Cathy’s unfolds in reverse) and the songs will curl the toes of anyone not comfortable with the idea of a feature-length Girls-style relationship tale sung in rhyming verse. But if you’re a Kendrick fan – and legislation is currently pending making that mandatory – this should do nicely until Pitch Perfect 2 comes along.

A musical with almost 100 per cent sung verse is not for everyone but Kendrick is as bewitching as ever.
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