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The Last Thing He Wanted is a 2020 political thriller film directed by Dee Rees, based on the 1996 novel of the same name by Joan Didion, from a screenplay by Rees and Marco Villalobos. The film stars Anne Hathaway, Ben Affleck, Rosie Perez, Edi Gathegi, Mel Rodriguez, Toby Jones, and Willem Dafoe.
Feb 21, 2020 · A crime drama based on Joan Didion's novel, starring Anne Hathaway and Ben Affleck. A journalist gets involved in a dangerous arms deal for her father in Puerto Rico.
- (17K)
- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Dee Rees
- 2020-02-21
A veteran D.C. journalist (Academy Award® winner Anne Hathaway) loses the thread of her own narrative when a guilt-propelled errand for her father (Oscar® no...
- 2 min
- 3.2M
- Netflix
A journalist investigates the US involvement in Nicaragua's civil war and gets caught in a dangerous scheme involving her father and a CIA agent. Based on Joan Didion's novel, the film stars Anne Hathaway, Willem Dafoe and Ben Affleck.
Feb 21, 2020 · A Netflix adaptation of Joan Didion's novel, directed by Dee Rees, about a journalist and her father involved in weapons smuggling. The reviewer calls it incomprehensible, disastrous, and a paradox, with a choppy editing and a weak script.
A hard-hitting reporter becomes entangled in the story she’s trying to break when she helps her ailing father broker an arms deal in Central America. Watch trailers & learn more.