The Last Class

Name: The Last Class
Duration: 1 h 11 min

1hr 11m

1hr 11m
3.6/5 (325)
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Reich teaches his final "Wealth and Poverty" class to 1,000 students at UC Berkeley, ending a 40-year career that reached 40,000 students. More Details »

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Release Date:

Jun 27, 2025

Runtime:

1hr 11m

Synopsis

Reich teaches his final "Wealth and Poverty" class to 1,000 students at UC Berkeley, ending a 40-year career that reached 40,000 students.

Moviegoers are saying

This intimate documentary about Robert Reich's final semester teaching at Berkeley divides audiences between devoted fans who find it deeply inspiring and newcomers who feel left out of the Reich cult of personality. While praised for showcasing passionate teaching and thought-provoking questions about inequality, many feel it lacks the economic depth of Reich's previous work 'Inequality for All.'

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3.6

Dec 31, 2025

I love the subject of the doc - the guy seems super smart, thoughtful, passionate and honest. But this film does nothing to educate or entertain. It felt like it was shot and edited in a period of 3 weeks.

58 Likes

PaulWHauser

Dec 8, 2025

I was expecting something more akin to Reich's Inequality for All (2013) which made my Movies I Suggest Everyone Watch Before They Die list. However, this one is a more emotional take on Reich's career, focusing on his teaching career. It's a good watch that shows the…

41 Likes

𝕭laze the 𝓐ction 𝕵unkie

Oct 8, 2025

refreshing ebay everyday in hopes to see a listing for reich’s secretary of labor cabinet chair 🤞 in all seriousness, i had the privilege to attend a screening at cal with an after-show panel with robert reich and its incredible to see how inspiring he is! the hope that…

33 Likes

vivdagoat 🍎🍂🐞
Jul 30, 2025

subplot: count the septum rings

29 Likes

iris

Aug 10, 2025

"Pessimism is fine, cynicism is not" Wooooo I hope this goes to streaming, I'd love to try and show my parents. Interesting timing for me personally. School starts again in under a month and I have not been excited for it but now I kind of am bc I am reminded how…

24 Likes

Mikayla (⌐▨_▨)

Jul 17, 2025

☝️🤓 I'm hacksaw bobhow can you not be romantic about former labor secretary robert reich's last semester as a berkeley professor. obviously I liked this lots but we have to remember I'm literally robert reich stan account on twitter and there was a while in high school…

19 Likes

hera
Oct 29, 2025

turns out my cynicism wasn't made of stone afterall

17 Likes

ohmygod_b3cky

Jul 19, 2025

hagiography for a short king. type of movie you watch with your mom when visiting home because eddington isn’t the move. enjoyable enough for what it is, but kind of disappointing it’s more “this guy liked teaching” than dealing with his actual thoughts on economics or…

16 Likes

chr*s

Aug 3, 2025

Omg now the Amherst Cinema staff knows I'm an annoying leftist 😭😭😭.

14 Likes

FlmAlec