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Metascore
9 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 70Arizona RepublicKerry LengelArizona RepublicKerry LengelUnlike, say, Val Kilmer's Jim Morrison in "The Doors," Thomas makes no attempt to create a convincing facsimile of Hank Williams, which is just as well, since he bears little resemblance to the sinewy singer.
- 60Village VoiceVillage VoiceIt portrays Williams in a generally sympathetic light without whitewashing his vice-loving, belligerent ways or mythologizing them in a bid for postmortem psychoanalysis.
- 50The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThe New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisThis one is for Hank Williams fanatics only, and Mr. Thomas puts a dark and subtle sheen on a disappointingly watery script. Cover versions of Williams's songs - several sung by his daughter, Jett - remind us why he mattered, even as the movie fails to do the same.
- 50Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenAustin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenWith a foretold ending and long stretches of pure driving, The Last Ride squanders its potential, much like its tragic subject.
- 40Time OutTime OutAt least Thomas gives a suitably burned-out performance as Williams. He's almost enough to melt your cold, cold heart.
- 40New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanThomas offers particularly fine work, but the underwritten script, which relies too much on sentimentality, gives him little to do.
- Dramatically thin, formally uninspired and thematically weak, The Last Ride really goes nowhere.
- 25Slant MagazineChuck BowenSlant MagazineChuck BowenA typical wax-museum reproduction of the American South in which every detail is Southern in bold all caps, and not a single scene over the course of the film's 102 minutes rings true.