Review: 'The Last Shift' takes aim at white privilege in the working class, but it fails to ignite
by Kevin Crust, Los Angeles Times
Sep 25, 2020
2 minutes
Many artists and journalists have tried to crack the code of the white working class in recent years. "The Last Shift," a wan comedy-drama written and directed by Andrew Cohn that debuted at Sundance in January, is the latest offering to swing and miss.
The setup is promising. Richard Jenkins plays Stanley, a 38-year employee of Oscar's Chicken and Fish in Albion, Michigan. (it's sarcastically noted as
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