The Last Ride 2012

Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: This one is for Hank Williams fanatics only, and Mr. Thomas puts a dark and subtle sheen on a disappointingly watery script. Read more

Rex Reed, New York Observer: It's a fascinating film that I enjoyed thoroughly. Read more

Paul de Barros, Seattle Times: Alas, "The Last Ride" doesn't deliver much insight into Williams or the lifestyle that killed him. Read more

Kerry Lengel, Arizona Republic: James does a fine job of portraying a naive youth whose eyes slowly open to glimpse both the pleasures and the pain of living. Read more

Mario Tarradell, Dallas Morning News: The Last Ride doesn't give us a complete picture of Hank Williams. But it does ably illustrate the final days of his life. Read more

Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times: Dramatically thin, formally uninspired and thematically weak, "The Last Ride" really goes nowhere. Read more

Andrew Lapin, NPR: The film can't really function as a proper meditation on its subject - because he's not really its subject. Read more

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: Director Harry Thomason takes some unnecessary liberties in imagining Hank Williams' final days. Read more

Matt Singer, Time Out: At least Thomas gives a suitably burned-out performance as Williams. He's almost enough to melt your cold, cold heart. Read more

Joe Leydon, Variety: Bearing all the hallmarks of a small-budget labor of love, The Last Ride is a leisurely paced but modestly engaging road trip that gets considerable mileage from the byplay between its two lead characters. Read more

Mark Holcomb, Village Voice: It portrays Williams in a generally sympathetic light without whitewashing his vice-loving, belligerent ways or mythologizing them in a bid for postmortem psychoanalysis. Read more