The Last Word is a 2017 American comedy-drama film directed by Mark Pellington, from a screenplay by Stuart Ross Fink. It stars Amanda Seyfried and Shirley MacLaine.
The Last Word premiered at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival on January 24, 2017. It was released on March 3, 2017, by Bleecker Street.
Synopsis
A retired businesswoman wants to control everything around her, knowing that she only has a little time left before an imminent death due to a medical condition. She decides to craft her own obituary, so she hires a young obituary writer to work with her to ensure her life story is told her way. The old businesswoman tries to expand the horizons of her life, and adopts a young kid for mentoring and lands herself a job as a disc jockey. She grows close with the young writer and influences her life.
Cast
Shirley MacLaine as Harriett Lauler
Amanda Seyfried as Anne Sherman
AnnJewel Lee Dixon as Brenda
Anne Heche as Elizabeth
Tom Everett Scott as Ronald Odom
Thomas Sadoski as Robin Sands
Joel Murray as Joe Mueller
Adina Porter as Bree Wilson
Phillip Baker Hall as Edward
Sarah Baker as Zoe
Steven Culp as Sam Serman
Basil Hoffman as Christopher George
Todd Louiso as Dr. Morgan
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