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  • Official Trailer
  • Trailer 1

Movie Info & Cast

Synopsis

The Last Shift is an American story about two men struggling in the same town, while worlds apart. Stanley (two-time Oscar® nominee Richard Jenkins: Best Actor, The Visitor, 2009; Best Supporting Actor, The Shape of Water, 2017), an aging fast-food worker, plans to call it quits after 38 years on the graveyard shift at Oscar’s Chicken and Fish. His last weekend takes a turn while training his replacement, Jevon (Shane Paul McGhie), a talented but stalled young writer whose provocative politics keep landing him in trouble. These two who share little in common are brought together through circumstance. Stanley, a high school dropout who has watched life pass by his drive-through window, proudly details the nuances of the job. While Jevon, a columnist who’s too smart to be flipping patties, contends their labor is being exploited. A flicker of comradery sparks during the long overnight hours in a quiet kitchen.

Cast

  • Richard Jenkins
  • Shane Paul McGhie
  • Ed O'Neill
  • Allison Tolman
  • Da'Vine Joy Randolph
  • Birgundi Baker
  • Emily Anderson
  • Jeff Dlugolecki

Atom User Reviews

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Metacritic

40
Mar 4, 2021

It’s a mismatched buddy film, but not entirely unsuccessful thanks largely to Jenkins, who can play a role such as this with his eyes closed, and McGhie who captures a mixture of righteousness and despondency.

Metacritic review by Benjamin Lee
Benjamin Lee
The Guardian
75
Sep 29, 2020

One is caught between appreciating Jenkins’s soulful, empathetic performance, and just thinking “fuck that guy,” and wishing the unexpected swerve The Last Shift made was to turn to McGhie’s Jevon, to make Stan an incident in his life, rather than the other way around.

Metacritic review by Jessica Kiang
Jessica Kiang
The Playlist
40
Sep 25, 2020

Cohn, an Emmy-winning documentary filmmaker, likely was aiming for subtlety, but these are not subtle times. Trying to get a spark from a damp match is a lot harder than holding a flame to dry kindling.

Metacritic review by Kevin Crust
Kevin Crust
Los Angeles Times