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I have been waiting to see this film for some time and I am glad I finally did. I was thinking this would be more of the typical Zach Braff (i.e. Garden State) that I enjoy but since this film was not written by him (it was written by Paul Haggis of Crash and Million Dollar Baby fame – interestingly enough he was having trouble selling both of those screenplays – which of course turned out to be huge successes – when he got the gig writing The Last Kiss) and since this movie was a remake of Italian director Gabriele Muccino’s film L’Ultimo Bacio it was much different than I expected.

The Last Kiss turned out to be a very interesting exploration of human relationships as seen through the eyes of Michael (Zach Braff) and his friends who are all approaching 30 and are in various places in their lives.

The main focus of the film is on Michael and his fiance Jenna (Jacinda Barrett) who appear to be in the perfect relationship and are expecting a child. Temptation for Michael comes in the form of young college coed Kim (Rachel Bilson) and he spends a good portion of the last part of the film trying to patch up his mistake.

I am sure some of the movie was lost on me since my friends and I are not quite to 30 yet (we’re in our mid 20s) but I still enjoyed the human relationship study and the story in general which was well written. The cast was also outstanding and worked very well together (congrats to the casting folks). Definitely check this one out when you have a chance. It’s well worth it.