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If You Were the Last is a 2023 American science fiction romantic comedy directed by Kristian Mercado and written by Angela Bourassa. The film stars Anthony Mackie and Zoë Chao.
The film centers around two astronauts who, while stranded on a multi-year exploration mission, fall in love with each other.
It premiered at the 2023 SXSW Film Festival, and was released to the Peacock streaming service on October 20, 2023.
Plot
In a living room playing chess, Adam and Jane debate if NASA would spend billions to save one astronaut stranded on Mars. Although talking about The Martian, Adam then asks if she really thinks they would not do a rescue. We then see Saturn directly outside their window. Jane concedes that Benson might share Adam's optimism, but he points out that she went crazy, and we see another astronaut's remains nearby.
The astronauts' routine in their third year in space consists of joint exercise, then daily tasks. Jane has spacecraft maintenance, attempts to reestablish comms and navigation. Botanist Adam looks after their plants, chickens and a goat. They play chess, watch films and listen to music to make their days bearable.
After a regular cardio dance routine, Jane chides Adam for masturbating in the greenhouse, calling it unsanitary. He counters with a proposal to have sex. Jane laughs, and Adam insists it would be a stress reliever devoid of romantic feelings. She lists two of three reasons why not to have sex...1 no attraction and 2 both married.
Adam and Jane watch Alien against his wishes, as they have not watched it yet. Spooked, he later asks to bunk with her. Half asleep, Jane forgets she is unclothed so wakes naked, pressed up against Adam. A short while later she suggests cuddling could be positive for their mental health. Jane then mentions the third reason not to have sex... 3 space babies. As all three astronauts left spouses stateside, NASA had not included condoms. When Adam suggests she might be sterile from radiation exposure she leaves, disgusted.
Jane and Adam rant about each other to the inanimate Benson. She confesses she adapted four power drills into dildos, admits she has considered having sex with him and is sure he finds her attractive. Adam argues that Jane's reasons against it are ridiculous as they will not be rescued.
Both watch their spouses' video messages, Adam hoping that his politician aspiring wife Savannah has not waited for him and Jane knowing her sedentary Tom would have loved to be in their situation. Adam prevents her meltdown when her music files become inaccessible. They do more and more tasks together. Jane surprises Adam with homemade pop tarts once his supply is gone. When the goat dies, although they lose fresh milk, they gain 50 meals of meat.
The day after agreeing to do everything but sexually, they regain navigational control. Calculating their return trip will take three weeks, they abandon their resolve and spend much of their time having sex. Talking about what they most miss, for Jane it is exploring and music and for Adam his wife's hugs. When he wishes she remain his best friend, she does not agree.
At a press conference on Earth, the disoriented astronauts are asked about Benson, Jane says she died in her sleep, although a flashback shows Jane having to axe her to save Adam when she went crazy. Suddenly Savannah appears, kisses him and leads him out. Both astronauts must undergo a barrage of tests. Tom shows, confessing he had dated, but nothing serious. Savannah threw herself into politics, first as mayor and now governor.
In their debriefings, Adam talks about his experiments crossing blueberries with marijuana. Jane tells them about Benson turning violent and demonstrates the adapted drills. As their respective spouses are completing their discharge papers, Jane and Adam say their goodbyes. He asks to stay in contact, but she refuses.
Back in Savannah's world, Adam feels invisible. He has kept the shuttle chickens, which stay in their house and bother her. As Jane and Tom chat in bed, she admits dancing with Adam was her favorite part of being in space. Initially when Jane suggests a trip Tom resists, but relents upon remembering she had been closed in for years.
On a run, when Jane hears a certain song, her feelings for Adam come flooding back. So at home, when she discovers Tom had been regularly seeing Amber, she insists he contact her, then confesses her and Adam's sexual relationship. At the White House dinner nine days after their return, Jane tells Adam and Savannah she split with Tom. The president insists the astronauts show their dancing skills. Savannah sees their chemistry, subsequently Adam and she split.
Adam goes to Jane, declaring they are meant for each other.
Cast
Anthony Mackie as Adam Gherrity
Zoë Chao as Jane Kuang
Natalie Morales as Savannah Gherrity
Geoff Stults as Tom Wright
Missi Pyle as Megan Benson
References
External links
If You Were the Last at IMDb
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