A Charming Road Movie — With Plenty More Than One for the Road
Alcohol-themed Italian comedy ‘The Last One for the Road’ features comic digressions and philosophical tangents, much like being on a bender.
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CARLOS SOUSA
New York, New York
Carlos Sousa is a Movie Reviewer for The New York Sun.
Mr. Sousa has written marketing content for publications, websites, and corporations, including the New Yorker, ELLE, Vulture.com, and General Motors, for over 20 years. Immersed in old world culture and contemporary entertainment as a Portuguese-American dual citizen, and having studied the history of the arts at Rutgers University, he specializes in film and music criticism.
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