The Last Thing He Wanted Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Last modified: Mar. 7, 2020

The Last Thing He Wanted

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.

Director: Dee Rees

Starring: Anne Hathaway • Ben Affleck • Toby Jones • Rosie Perez • Edi Gathegi

R Crime 1 hr, 55 m

63% WILL SEE 38% WON'T SEE

Plot: Adapted from the Joan Didion novel of the same title, The Last Thing He Wanted is set against the nebulous milieu of the Iran-Contra scandal. Veteran D.C. journalist Elena McMahon (Academy Award winner Anne Hathaway) abandons the 1984 campaign trail out of a misguided sense of duty to her father, Dick McMahon (Oscar nominee Willem Dafoe). Guilted into running a dangerous fool’s errand on his behalf, Elena leverages the moment to pursue her own investigation but instead gets tipped into the confounding center of the very intrigue she’s trying to expose. Answers turn into questions and wrong turns lead to dead ends in this stylish political thriller as Elena becomes increasingly lost on a map of someone else’s making and the possibility of return — to home and to herself — slowly narrows.

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Anne Hathaway
The Odyssey, The Devil Wears Prada 2
Ben Affleck
The RIP, The Account 2
Toby Jones
Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Red Lights
R
Rosie Perez
The Pineapple Express, Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn)
E
Edi Gathegi
Superman, Better Start Swimming
Willem Dafoe
John Carter, Poor Things
M
Mel Rodriguez
Sarah's Oil, Onward
C
Carlos Leal
Willie and Me
O
Onata Aprile
Warning Shot
L
Laura Niemi

A look at The Last Thing He Wanted behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Dee Rees last helmed Mudbound and Pariah.

Jan 2020

Changed The Last Thing He Wanted movie production status. Releasing on Netflix in February 2020.

Jul 2018

Changed the movie production status to Production. Currently filming in Puerto Rico.

Mar 2018

Changed the movie production status to Development. The movie is likely in scripting, budgeting, or stuck in 'development hell.'

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Parent Rating: R Restricted for language, some violence, disturbing images and brief nudity
Runtime: 1 hr, 55 m
Tagline: Not available
Also known as: Not available
Language: English

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The Last Thing He Wanted was released in Netflix on Friday, February 21 , 2020. There were 10 10 other movies released on the same date, including The Call of the Wild, Emma and Brahms: The Boy II.

The estimated home release date for The Last Thing He Wanted is currently being determined. Stay tuned!