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The Last Best Year
77%
Movie
1h 36m
AI Analysis
The Last Best Year (1990) — AI movie analysis
WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of The Last Best Year (1990) — a movie tagged as Drama and TV Movie with emotional moods and fast-paced pacing.
Story & themes: Jane (Bernadette Peters) has a dizzy spell while at home. As her condition does not improve, she consults a doctor who finds that she is very ill and that she has no family to help her through this very trying time. He enlists the help of a therapist (Mary Tyler Moore) who is very hesitant to become involved in this… Our models also surface themes such as family from synopsis and genre signals.
Watch context: Best suited for general audiences. Expect fast-paced storytelling (~96 min).
Community signal: TMDb members rate The Last Best Year 77% (3 votes) — strong audience scores for this movie.
AI verdict
The Last Best Year is a film worth prioritising when you want something with strong audience scores — our AI analysis flags it as a strong match for its genre and tone profile.
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TMDb audience score
77%
from 3 TMDb votes
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Synopsis
Jane (Bernadette Peters) has a dizzy spell while at home. As her condition does not improve, she consults a doctor who finds that she is very ill and that she has no family to help her through this very trying time. He enlists the help of a therapist (Mary Tyler Moore) who is very hesitant to become involved in this case due to the loss she suffered as a young child. As her condition deteriorates, Jane learns how to come to terms with her past as does her therapist.
Quick facts
- Type
- Movie
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- 1990-11-04
- Runtime
- 1h 36m
- TMDB rating
- 7.7
- TMDB ID
- 217573
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What is The Last Best Year about?
Jane (Bernadette Peters) has a dizzy spell while at home. As her condition does not improve, she consults a doctor who finds that she is very ill and that she has no family to help her through this... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.
Is there an AI analysis for The Last Best Year?
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How long is the movie The Last Best Year?
The official runtime for The Last Best Year is approximately 96 minutes.
Cast & crew
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Directors & writers
Cast

Mary Tyler Moore
Wendy Haller

Bernadette Peters
Jane Murray

Brian Bedford
Dr. Castle

Carmen Mathews
Aunt Lizzie

Kate Reid
Sister Mary Rose

Kenneth Welsh
Jerry

Erika Alexander
Amy

Dorothy McGuire
Anne

Lawrence Dane
John Dennis

Michael Hogan
Billy Haller
- A
Albert Schultz
Peter Hamm
- B
Bathsheba Garnett
Mrs. Morton

Michael J. Reynolds
Wisnovsky
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