A real estate developer returns to his old Philly neighborhood and must decide to raze or resurrect the family bar.A real estate developer returns to his old Philly neighborhood and must decide to raze or resurrect the family bar.A real estate developer returns to his old Philly neighborhood and must decide to raze or resurrect the family bar.
Joseph R. Gannascoli
- Charlie
- (as Joe Gannascoli)
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I'm from Delco. This movie made us look like trash! So hard to watch! They could have at least filmed in Delco at the real locations. I guess bc they couldn't book Bradley Cooper- they had to film in New Jersey! Too bad, we were all so excited for this movie!
Was excited to watch this film as I grew up in Upper Darby PA where this film was based on. But the plot never took off, was really slow and disjointed and was hard for me to connect with any of the characters. As it ended, I found myself asking what just happened and it can't be over - as the story never really materialized. It was semi-entertaining at times and had a few laughs, but wasn't really ever engaged with it.
The audience seems to be divided into two camps: Friends and family of the director and/or cast, who shamelessly give this "movie" a 10, and everyone else, most of whom begrudgingly give it a 1, because ZERO is not an option.
Jeremy Piven should have taken Ari Gold's advice to Vincent and read the script before taking this gig. But maybe he couldn't, because THERE WAS NO SCRIPT. Just bad improvisation. His character sums it up perfectly near the end of this arduous slog: "The fish stinks from the head down." Everything about Last Call stunk. Originally titled, Crabs In A bucket, I think someone realized that the plot, such as it is, didn't really reflect a grasp of the metaphor. But changing the title was merely putting a band-aid on a bullet wound. What they really needed to do here was write a script. Cobbling together a collection of drunken montages punctuated by cringe-inducing ad-libbing and bad Irish accents is not comedy, it's painful. The actors, from Jeremy Piven on down seem completely lost in the absence of both written dialogue and direction. This would have been cheaper and much funnier to just point a camera inside a real life bar. And far less insulting to a viewing audience.
A totally useless film. The actors are blameless, especially since they have to play despite the absence of a script. It's a real waste of time and a deep boredom.
Paolo Pilladi is a director who made a movie with very good actors using a story with lots of potential and a camera work which was quite good... so why the movie felt so flat? Almost like making a cocktail in The Bucket which does not taste well because something is missing, but I cannot pinpoint what!
I really liked the social impact of the story mixed up with the personal drama but all I could actually remember from watching it were the scenes where Irish guys live their dreams through wasted time of drunkenness!
I really liked the social impact of the story mixed up with the personal drama but all I could actually remember from watching it were the scenes where Irish guys live their dreams through wasted time of drunkenness!
Did you know
- TriviaWhen the guys basically kidnap Mick to go to the bar they walk by a bunch of boxes and Dougal grabs a box of Tastykake Butterscotch Krimpets and throws them to all of the guys. The guys then proceed to rub them on their chests. It's is a known fact amongst Philadelphians that one must rub the Butterscotch Krimpet icing side down on a surface in order for the icing to stick to the sponge of the cake and not the plastic when opening the pastry. Otherwise icing and sponge will separate and you're left scraping icing off of plastic.
- GoofsThe characters are having a barbecue at their rental home in Pleasantville, NJ but a highway sign for Lincoln Tunnel can be seen clearly in the background.
- SoundtracksPunk Rock Girl
Written by Joe Jack Talcum (as Anthony Joseph Genaro), Rodney Linderman, Dean Sabatino, David Shulthise
Performed by The Dead Milkmen
Courtesy of Restless Records
By arrangement with Warner Music Group Film & TV Licensing
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Language
- Also known as
- Crabs in a Bucket
- Production companies
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Box office
- Gross US & Canada
- $48,144
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $29,610
- Mar 21, 2021
- Gross worldwide
- $264,961
- Runtime
- 1h 42m(102 min)
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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