The Last Word

Controlling and cantankerous, aging former ad agency owner Harriet Lauler (Shirley MacLaine) decides she wants to have a say in her own obituary in order to dictate how people remember her after she’s gone. She commissions young obit writer Anne Sherman (Amanda Seyfried) to pen the piece, leading to an unexpected friendship that teaches these two very different women valuable lessons about life. Anne Heche, Tom Everett Scott, AnnJewel Lee Dixon co-star in this moving comedy/drama. 108 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English.