Rent The Last Tree (2019)
3.5 of 5 from 212 ratings
1h 34min
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- Synopsis:
- Growing up with his foster mother amongst the rolling fields of rural Lincolnshire, Femi's young life seems as idyllic as the landscape. But when he returns to London to live with his birth mother he begins to struggle with the culture and values of his new environment. As the years pass, he must decide which path to adulthood he wants to take and what it means to be a young black man in London during the early '00s. His search for self and identity will take him on an emotionally charged and utterly unforgettable journey through various stages of his life.
- Actors:
- Nicholas Pinnock, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Layo-Christina Akinlude, Denise Black, Sam Adewunmi, Demmy Ladipo, Jayden Jean Paul-Denis, Rasaq Kukoyi, Shaqai White, Ruthxjiah Bellenea, Jack Chadwick, Ibrahim Jammal, Ameen Mustapha, John Alansu, Tai Golding, Yazzmin Newell, Yvan Zahui, Sofia Chilvers
- Directors:
- Shola Amoo
- Producers:
- Myf Hopkins, Lee Thomas
- Writers:
- Shola Amoo
- Studio:
- Picture House Entertainment
- Genres:
- Drama
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 27/01/2020
- Run Time:
- 98 minutes
- Languages:
- English Audio Description, English Dolby Digital 2.0, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.40:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- Making of Featurette
- Theatrical Trailer
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Reviews (5) of The Last Tree
Coming of Age - The Last Tree review by CP Customer
Strange film about a young boy fostered out by his mother to a lady in rural Lincolnshire, where he is having a good life doing well at school and is then taken back by his mother to live with her in London. There he has to adjust to life in a high rise tower block, especially as his mother is a nurse working shifts etc. Gradually falls in with a strange crowd which has an effect on his school work etc leading to a fall out and a reconciliation with his natural father in Africa. Watchable but not one I could recommend!
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Great new talent - The Last Tree review by HO
I was really moved by this film. It covers a lot of ground (race, abandonment, fostering) and pulls no punches. The lead is brilliant and he's embodiment of the role makes it a compelling film. It's not easy to watch in many parts and yet is leads you to an honest and redeeming end. Great British cinema.
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Interesting but flawed - The Last Tree review by AER
The Last Tree gets off to a bumpy start with depictions of golden childhood, over sentimentalised by the filmmaker with application of heavily filtered sunny day scenes of play, a terrible score and thin characterisation. Then it gets better, much better. I can't fault the actors a jot, everybody in this film is brilliant, yet the tale of a Ghanaian boy, Femi, growing up in the UK struggles to find its feet for the first 15 minutes. It's a shame that the relationship between Femi and his foster parent, Mary (Denise Black) isn't developed enough. However, after Femi returns home to London with his birth mother the film gains traction and began to interest me. The box of tricks was still in full-effect, and at times I wished the filmmaker had more trust in her cast's abilities, and her script to let them do the work. Instead of trying to be the British version of Moonlight, this could have been so much more with better editing and less emphasis on the awkward window dressing.
5/10
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