Review of About Last Night

That's not to say there's not something of worth in it, but someone here

claims that Mamet wrote this- the truth is, he SOLD it, and it became

'Hollywoodized', sanitized and beaten down from it's pure and shocking

form. On stage this was a howl, a rage against the inevitable- falling

in love. On film, it's a little gooey and sweet, not much bite there,

but a few interesting lines (usually all taken from Mamets play) that

hit home about the difficulty of sacrificing 'self' to become a

'couple'. Lowe and Moore are pretty, but it's the surrounding

characters that actually act and are interesting, and if you look hard

you can see some good actors in small roles, such as Megan Mullaly (Will

and Grace) Catherine Keener (Walking and Talking) and Ray Wohl

(Arli$$). This is definitely a film of and for it's time, although not

quite as painfully dated as St. Elmos Fire, you'll still laugh at some

of the hair styles and fashions and music. The director went on to

create "thirtysomething", which tells you right there that he didn't

have much in common with David Mamet. A curiosity, this film. .