The Last Sunrise Review
Director: Carlson Young
Date Created: 2026-08-26 02:07
2.5
The Last Sunrise Review: Directed by Carlson Young and adapted by Anna Klassen from Anna Todd’s 2025 novel, the Prime Video movie stars Maia Reficco as Oriah “Ry” Pera, Fernando Lindez as Julián, Eva Longoria as Isolde, Andrés Velencoso as Mateo, Sabrina Bartlett as Prisha, Chloé Sweetlove as Amara and Molly B. Thomas as Sofia. The romantic drama has a runtime of 1 hour and 46 minutes.
The Last Sunrise Review
Prime Video movie The Last Sunrise revolves around Ry, a young woman who has had her life very controlled, especially since being diagnosed with a terminal disease. Instead of being tied to a life with medication, appointments and surveillance, Ry decides to reject the plans for her future. Moving to Mallorca enables her to meet a young man called Julian, who is encouraging her not to be focused on what could happen in the future but to live in the present moment.
Through their romance, Ry is introduced to parties, nightlife, intimacy and fun that she would not have been able to enjoy before. On the other hand, her complicated relationship with her mother shows her that freedom brings emotional complications. The aspect of Prime Video’s The Last Sunrise which I found most intriguing was that Ry’s desire to rebel is not in the hope that she will turn into a totally new individual. Rather, she wants to be able to own the brief time that she feels she has left. This gives the character more possibilities than the screenplay itself lets her explore.
As soon as Ry started rebelling against the very strict schedule that had been arranged for her due to her illness, I realised why she was trying to run away. Yet, at the same time, there were things about Ry’s decisions that I was questioning as well. There were instances where her choice to escape from responsibility and enjoy life without being burdened by it was considered the same as freedom and recklessness. This could have been an interesting conflict.
In such a case, Ry could be made to realise that there is a difference between living one’s life for herself and just fleeing from everything scary. Yet, the story seems to rush into the more romantic and fun side of her adventure. This is where the complexity of my feelings really comes through. In the case of Julián, Fernando Lindez has that easy-going presence on-screen needed for this character, and there is genuine chemistry between him and Reficco.
The scenes they share are definitely some of the most entertaining ones in the movie. They flow well together, especially when it comes to Julián exposing Ry to the world beyond the one that has been shielded from her until now. However, the only aspect in which not much personality development is achieved for Julián is the fact that he is the man who opens the door to Ry’s new world. His laid-back nature suits him at the beginning due to the fact that his attitude contrasts with the way Ry is living her life, but there was nothing beyond that aspect of the character that was achieved through the movie.
I was constantly looking forward to seeing what the character wanted, feared and struggled with, without helping Ry enjoy the moment. In fact, the story of the mother and her daughter could have been the emotional core of the film for me. The character of Eva Longoria, called Isolde, is not some overbearing mother who is trying to ruin all the fun of her daughter. Isolde acts this way because of the fear that she is feeling. She understands Ry’s condition, and it becomes an automatic reaction to try to control whatever is possible.
I appreciated that neither of them is unreasonable, yet I wish the movie had taken their relationship even further. Some of their debates seem like a means of reaching the next stage of emotions rather than arising from years of complicated emotions. Longoria adds the necessary gravity to Isolde, yet at times the script is not capable of providing enough material for her.
The one standout aspect of The Last Sunrise movie is certainly Mallorca. The beaches, the streets, the sun, and the sea provide a beautiful visual backdrop for the film. There is always something warm about the environment, which complements the situations that Ry is going through in a surprising way. Each time the movie goes back to the beach and uses the sunrise to build up its narrative, I could see the charm of what it was trying to convey. This is made all the more meaningful by the fact that Ry has been spending most of her life thinking about the future.
Prime Video The Last Sunrise Review: Summing Up
Overall, The Last Sunrise was not an unlikable film, and there were certainly parts of it which were good due to its young vigour, attractive actors and pretty location. It had enough of the right ingredients to make the story work. However, I wanted a bit more out of the characters and the emotions.
To me, Prime Video’s The Last Sunrise movie seems like an authentic summer romance with the right feeling about it. However, far too many times, the movie simply opts for the most simplistic approach to the ideas it presents rather than exploring its more complicated implications. While I did appreciate certain moments of Ry’s experience, I did not feel that the movie deserved the significance of its story.
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