The Last Shift (2020)

The Last Shift: Directed by Andrew Cohn. With Richard Jenkins, Shane Paul McGhie, Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Ed O’Neill. Stanley’s last shift at his fast food job takes an unexpected turn when he befriends a young African-American work employee.

“Astute observational indie about two guys who are stuck. Neither can admit that anyone is worse off, on a lower rung of Americau0026#39;s economic ladder. They find themselves working together at a slow fast-food drive-through in a town thatu0026#39;s been left behind. The elder of the two — played with almost painful truthfulness by Richard Jenkins — is a crumbling white guy who has been serving up low-nutrition burgers and fries for 38 years and thinks heu0026#39;s looking forward to his last shift. His trainee is a gifted young black man — skilfully presented by Shane Paul McGhie as a charmer with a chip on his shoulder — whose intelligence canu0026#39;t save him from the consequences of his resentment.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWritten and directed with skill and sensitivity by documentarian Andrew Cohn, this is an understated state-of-the-nation piece that makes its points without ever resorting to polemic.”