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Critic Jesse Hassenger

...writer-director Richard LaGravenese keeps his focus tight, even when taking advantage of an on-screen musical’s stylistic versatility.

Read full review at The A.V. Club
Critic Susan Wloszczyna
rated 5

...offers enough gooey goodness at its center to take some of the bitter edge off its battered take on the harsh realities of romantic commitment.

Read full review at Roger Ebert
Critic Peter Bradshaw
rated 8

Anna Kendrick’s pure presence and screen talent, her sheer hypnotic professionalism, make this sung-through, musical two-hander a superbly watchable experience.

Read full review at The Guardian
Critic David Hughes
rated 6

A musical with almost 100% sung verse is not for everyone but Kendrick is as bewitching as ever.

Read full review at Empire

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The Last Five Years is a musical deconstruction of a love affair and a marriage taking place over a five-year period. Jamie Wellerstein, a young and talented Jewish novelist, falls in love with Cathy Hiatt, an aspiring actress. Their story is told almost entirely through songs using an intercutting time line device. Cathy's songs begin at the end of their marriage and move backward in time to the beginning of their love affair, while Jamie's songs start at the beginning of their affair and move forward to the end of their marriage. They meet in the center when Jamie proposes. The movie features Anna Kendrick and Jeremy Jordan as the lead characters, and it explores themes of love, relationships, success, and failure.

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Some movies that have similar genres and were produced around the same time as The Last Five Years include La La Land, Summer Night, Our Shining Days, Rock of Ages, The Big Gay Musical, Dance-Off.

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The Last Five Years was released in theaters on February 13, 2015.