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   What is Netflix's 'the last thing he wanted' about?

   • Netflix’s ‘The Last Thing He Wanted’ does precisely this as it takes us back to Central America in the mid-80s. The film is set in 1984, and centers around Elena McMahon ( Anne Hathaway ), a hard-bitten journalist at The Atlantic Post. She decides to quit her job around the Presidential elections when she learns about her father’s ill-health.

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   Who wrote the last thing he wanted?

   • The Last Thing He Wanted is a novel by Joan Didion. It was published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1996. The story centers on Elena McMahon, a reporter for The Washington Post who quits her job covering the 1984 United States presidential election to care for her father after her mother's death.

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   Who starred in the last thing he wanted?

   • The Last Thing He Wanted: Directed by Dee Rees. With Anne Hathaway, Ben Affleck, Rosie Perez, Willem Dafoe. A veteran D.C. journalist loses the thread of her own narrative when a guilt-propelled errand for her father thrusts her from byline to unwitting subject in the very story she's trying to break. Adapted from Joan Didion's namesake novel.

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   Is the last thing he wanted a true story?

   • No. Elena McMahon, Dick McMahon, and Treat Morrison are all fictional characters, and their drama is all made up. However, the “true story” of The Last Thing He Wanted is the true story of the U.S. intervention in El Salvador and Nicaragua during the Cold War, which I will explain—along with the plot of The Last Thing He Wanted —below.

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   Is Dee Rees' 'the last thing he wanted' a good movie?

   • With her adaptation of Joan Didion’s novel “The Last Thing He Wanted,” Dee Rees has managed to make a deconstructed genre thriller that is both politically sensitive and emotionally acute, attuned to a wayward internal rhythm and a brittle, sharp performance by Anne Hathaway.

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   Why is 'the last thing he wanted' so bad?

   • The Last Thing He Wanted is currently No. 2 on Netflix’s new Top 10 list, yet the new Anne Hathaway and Ben Affleck movie has been fielding bad review after bad review. Why? Because both critics and viewers cannot, for the life of them, explain what The Last Thing He Wanted was actually about.

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   This article really does explain The Last Thing He Wanted plot and ending, and ties it into the true story of the Cold War in Central America.

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   Aug 1, 2022 · Didion’s The Last Thing He Wanted is known for its intricacies as it makes the Central American crisis of the 1980s as its backdrop. While it is obviously not based on a true story, it is definitely inspired by real events taking place in the 1980s.

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   Aug 1, 2022 · With her research in the hands of French intelligence and Alma working on the story to find out what really happened with Dick and Elena McMahon, the true story about CIA’s involvement with the Contras comes to light.

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   The Last Thing He Wanted is a novel by Joan Didion. It was published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1996. The story centers on Elena McMahon, a reporter for The Washington Post who quits her job covering the 1984 United States presidential election to care for her father after her mother's death.

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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.

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   Feb 28, 2020 · Dee Rees and Anne Hathaway unpack the inevitable ending of ‘The Last Thing He Wanted’. By Mark Olsen Staff Writer. Feb. 28, 2020 6 PM PT. Spoiler warning: This story discusses the ending of...

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    Feb 21, 2020 · The Last Thing He Wanted. A veteran D.C. journalist loses the thread of her own narrative when a guilt-propelled errand for her father thrusts her from byline to unwitting subject in the very story she's trying to break. Adapted from Joan Didion's namesake novel.