Review of The Last Days of Disco

The film is not completely hopeless, but it gives an impression of being written inattentively and in a hurry, or as though all the people should understand the script as its creator does. To begin with, it has a very vague exposition of characters. The female characters are represented very generally and only famous actresses help to understand them better. Unfortunately, I can't say the same about male characters. Firstly, these are no name actors. Of course even such actors can play well and be memorable, but these actors look very alike and it's hard to get accustomed to them and understand who is who and what their names are. Badly written script makes it even worse. I had a situation when almost in the end of the movie one male character kissed a girl and 5 minutes later I couldn't remember which one it was. It worth mentioning that usually I have no such problems with other films and the only similar situations happened while watching movies from 40's, where all the women looked identically. So this male cast and their storylines are badly managed. This interferes with full understanding of these characters and the plot itself.

The other problem is the disco itself. The film does not show us 80's, it shows late 90's during which it was shot. If any adjustments were made, they were made superficially. Also the movie depicts disco as something extremely dull and doesn't convey its spirit.

In the end I can say that the director/writer wanted to tell and show us something, and partially he succeeded, but this directing and writing is not fully professional. Even considering that it is not a blockbuster or otherwise popular film, these two aspects aren't performed on the decent level. Various art house films are easier to watch than The Last Days of Disco.