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Name: The Last Whistle Movie Review
Item: The Last Whistle
Rating: 3
Author: Sonali Sharma

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Review for the film " The Last Whistle"

Streaming On: Amazon Prime Video

Runtime: 1 Hour 28 Minutes

Certificate: U

Released: 28-06-2019

Genre: Drama, Sports

Similar To: The Beautiful Game, First Cow, Wendy, Lying And Stealing

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CAST & CREW

Brad Leland

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Producer:

H Max Gonzalez

Thomas Kutzler

Michael Orion Downing

Jim Goldner

Editor:

Carter Feuerhelm

Director:

Rob Smat

First Assistant Director:

Amanda Nevarez

Second Assistant Director:

Ryan N Taylor

Co-Producer:

Gregori J Martin

Director of Photography:

Brian Tang

Executive Producer:

Sainty Nelsen

Eric Nelsen

Casting Director:

Elliott Gilbert

Adam Dietrich

Screenplay Writer:

Rob Smat

Production Designer:

Rachel Napolitano

Makeup Artist:

Ashley Rihel

Hair Stylist:

Ashley Rihel

Stunt Coordinator:

Craig Cole

Sound Editor:

Charlie Moody

Supporting Actor:

Becky Nitschke

Fred Tolliver Jr

Sainty Nelsen

Brad Leland

Aaron N Martin

Eric Nelsen

Ray Nicholas Hosack

Jim O Heir

Daniel Covin

Les Miles

Deanne Lauvin

Celena Rae

Kristos Andrews

Tyler Perez

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The last whistle is a sports genre movie about a football coach, written and directed by Rob Smat, which is his debut movie. Starring Brad Leland Brad Leland is an American actor, born on Septembe >> Read More... as Victor Trenton, Jim O'Heir as Ted, and Deanne Lauvin as Theresa Robinson. Cinematography is done by Brian Tang, edited by Carter Feuerhelm, and the music is given by Logan Austin. The movie was produced by smatflims production company.

Plot

The movie was set in taxes, where football is a huge thing. The story revolves around beloved Coach Victor Trenton who believes in discipline and punctuality and can never accept tardiness. He punishes the whole team when one team member intentionally comes late for the team practice. Due to this excessive punishment, their team’s star player collapses and never gets up again. Even after this, Victor doesn’t give the team members to dwell on their fellow team members’ death and tells them to practice maintaining the winning streak. But things change when the dead team member’s mother sues him. He takes a step back a assess if his ego is more prominent than humanity.

Star performance

Brad Leland has previously done sports drama movies, and his flawless acting didn’t come as a surprise. He did a great job playing the prideful coach and then understanding the worth of all the things at stake because of his pride. Lauvin deftly was terrific as a mother who loses her only child, and the grief she depicts is very realistic. The supporting roles are all outstanding, but they had very little to no development.

Analysis

The last whistle takes a more realistic approach to showcase the negative side of sports. In contrast, it is not necessarily the negative side of the sport but the toll the pressure takes on a person to win a game. Similarly, coach victor is an excellent coach for a small-town high school team, but he overworks his team players to maintain a winning streak, which results in the death of a team player.

The story connects with the viewers on more than one level and stays that way throughout the movie. It could have been much better if there was a little more character development for some side characters and some sort of subplot.

What is there?

Acting
Positive message

What is not there?

Predictable
Slow-paced

Verdict

It is a good high school sports movie, which shows a more complex side of sports and what the players go through. The screenwriting is amazing, but a few things are very slow-paced. All in all, a great movie with a great message.