There's something Slavic about Warner's storytelling, in part because she's working with Krzysztof Kieslowski's ''Blue'' cinematographer Slawomir Idziak, in part because screenwriter John Banville maneuvers the characters as figures of Chekhovian sadness. As the aristocratic couple at whose estate sex and murder presage revolution, the redoubtable Maggie Smith and Michael Gambon certainly have the chops for any theatrical notion Warner throws their way, as does Fiona Shaw (''The Butcher Boy'') as a worldly guest. Meanwhile, newcomer Keeley Hawes lightly carries the weight of metaphor as a young woman torn between the British soldier who loves her and the Irish terrorist who turns her on.
'THE LAST' DANCE Keeley Hawes (l.) and David Tennant cut a dashing figure
EW's GRADE
B+Details Rated: R; Length: 103 Minutes; Genres: Historical, Romance; With: Michael Gambon and Maggie Smith; Distributor: Matrix Films
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