Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

While browsing Netflix looking for some basic entertainment to fill a few hours I noticed this film in my recommended items. It's setting (New York) and premise sounded exactly like the kind of thing I'd enjoy, so I decided I'd give it a try. The most remarkable thing about the film is how quickly it's appeal wears thin within it's brief 90 minute runtime. 40 minutes in, just as it seems that the guy (Niklas) might get the girl (Ticia) I was already bored and fidgety, carefully watching the bar to see how much longer there was left until the end.While Nicole Beharie turns in an excellent performance as the aspiring musician, her potential romantic partner, played by Ken Duken, comes off as a German Christian Gray; good looks but not much personality. His dialogue is at times incoherent, partially due to his accent but mostly down to the quiet tone of his voice, forcing me to watch most of the film with the subtitles on. The expression on his face is an almost constant puppy dog look with his head cocked to one side, maybe endearing to women (or men) who like that kind of thing, but to the ordinary viewer it simply makes him incredibly punchable. The subplot between the Pastor and Luz was also a mistake, mainly due to the fact that I didn't know enough about the characters to care what happened to them. It might have made a difference if the audience found out how long the pastor had been widowed and how his wife had died, but I doubt it worth the amount of screen time it was given. The film was very well shot, with a very picturesque quality to the establishing shots and a gorgeous warm look to the film. My Last Day Without You is a beautiful looking film with some funny spots, a good soundtrack and an excellent performance by one of the leading actors which ultimately comes across as trying to hard to be like the infinitely better Before Sunrise, but without the fantastic script, likable, realistic and witty characters and memorable resolution. While Before Sunrise made you feel like the characters could actually work together, the clichéd ending of My Last Day Without You left me feeling unsatisfied, believing that the characters will never work together as they haven't truly grown and learnt the lesson about courage that the film is presenting. In fact the irony of the film is that for all its talk about having the courage to take risks, it follows the feel-good Rom-Com pattern to the letter, not taking any risks with the story or themes and leaving the film overall feeling empty.

I recorded this from the UP channel and though it wasn't in HD, I still found myself loving it and couldn't bring myself to delete it when done watching it as I usually do after watching something DVR-ed. I can't really figure out how to describe what I loved about it, but I think mostly it's the interesting culture clash and, as Niklas points out, the attraction between his left-brain temperament and her right-brain creativity. The dialog was so real, so honest, and I felt like a fly on the wall getting to watch a very real human connection develop over the few hours they had together - a connection that neither expected. They each learned a lot about themselves and each other because they were both very real and honest with each other more and more as the day went on. My primary criteria for liking a movie is whether I am given a reason to care about the characters, and this story did draw me in to caring for all the characters from the start.

This film was co-produced by the Euro-Africa Division of the Seventh-day Adventist Church as a method of witnessing. Do a wikipedia search for the name of this film for more info. What is bad, is the film contains curse words and vulgar words. The vulgar words are in the background music - a rap song called Black Madoff. Because the volume is low you will most likely not notice, but your kids might! Since when is "supportin' sh** like unity..." and "F*** her phone number. I tell her to Google me..." a Christian way to reach the public? The curse and vulgar words used in the movie occur in the song at about 1:34 and 1:42. The original rap is located here so you can hear it very plainly. http://www.musicxray.com/xrays/7542Anyway, beware, and don't take your kids to this.

Aside from this being a chick flick, it caught my attention from other reviewers posts. But don't waste your time. The film is extremely meaningless and the acting is terrible. I suppose it was meant to be seen on the Hallmark Channel. I should be more careful on other people's choice of ratings when considering a sleeper (B for boring) type of movie. These must be starving actors who would do anything for a role. The plot is awkward to watch and there is absolutely no chemistry with the participants. It was very painful to sit through the whole thing and the appeal was over after the first 15 minutes. The reason for this post is to steer you clearly away from this awful showing. Your time is too valuable.