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Finch – Tom Hanks’ End of the World With a Cute Dog and a Sentient Robot

Finch is a game about the end of the world. You play as Finch, an AI robot designed to help humans make it through their final days after a nuclear apocalypse. However, you soon realize that something has gone wrong with your program and now the real work begins for you – not just on surviving but helping humanity rebuild itself so it can survive again in this new post-apocalyptic world

Finch is an upcoming movie that stars Tom Hanks and a sentient robot. The movie will be released on October 12th, 2018. It is directed by Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris.

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MOVIE REVIEW – Tom Hanks has always been vociferous in his opposition to high-profile films being kept out of theaters entirely and instead appearing on streaming, but in a cruel twist of fate, his previous four films have done precisely that.

After being sold by Sony, his World War II passion project, Greyhound, which he created and directed, appeared on AppleTV+ last summer. He also had a cameo in the sequel to Borat, which was released on Prime Video. At the same time, Netflix released Paul Greengrass’ Western News of the World globally earlier this year. He finished production on Disney Plus’ exclusive Pinocchio, directed by Robert Zemeckis. AppleTV+ added the post-apocalyptic sci-fi Finch yesterday, another Apple original that Universal had planned to release in theaters.

Miguel Sapochnik’s project is his second feature film, and his first in eleven years since the futuristic action flick Repo Men. Despite this, the director has created a name for himself on television, having directed episodes of a number of very famous programs, including the greatest of Game of Thrones. Finch has a strong visual style, cinematic flair, or unique settings, but that doesn’t matter because it’s first and primarily a character-driven film.

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Tom Hanks carries the whole film on his shoulders.

Given what we’ve come to expect from sci-fi films about the end of the world, the setup is simple: Hanks portrays Finch Weinberg, one of the few remaining members of the human species after a catastrophic catastrophe that has wrought unfathomable damage. Fearing that his time is running short, the inventor hates to leave his closest canine buddy alone in the case of his death, so he creates a sentient robot to keep him company.

After a series of amusing montages as his metal protégé learns to walk and speak, the android takes the name Jeff and seems to become part of the makeshift family unit as they go on a cross-country adventure with the Golden Gate Bridge as the final objective. The only other characters on screen for the whole 115 minutes of the film are two robots and a dog, thus movies that concentrate almost completely on a handful of individuals are almost compelled to offer excellent performances to maintain the viewer’s interest. This is very much the case with Finch. Fortunately, Hanks is one of the best performers of all time, and he delivers yet another outstanding performance.

It’s not easy to play audience surrogate, protagonist, narrator, and main actor all at the same time, but Hanks pulls it again again. Every gesture or movement he makes, whether it’s a raised eyebrow or a frustrated sigh, communicates much more about Finch’s thoughts than any speech could, and the main actor carries the whole story on his shoulders with ease.

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Emotions that don’t have a face

That isn’t to argue that the rest is just decoration. Caleb Landry Jones’ voice portrayal as Jeff is a masterpiece in giving a character without a face dimension, complexities, and emotional complexity. Even with some awkward moments in the second act when the robot takes some of his fatherly supervisor’s advice a little too literally, almost to the point of Jeff’s awkward teenage years, the dynamic between Jeff and Finch between master and creature is almost father and son, with innocence, heart, humour, warmth, and an ever-evolving understanding. There are no other action moments in Finch outside an opening scene in which Finch tries to flee a violent storm, a stressful and frantic supply run to an abandoned hospital, and a nerve-wracking scenario in which nameless marauders follow our hero in another car.

Hanks is at his finest in this film, which is both entertaining and heartbreaking.

Instead, Craig Luck and Ivor Powell’s screenplay tosses in a wide variety of components. The result is a beautiful, elegiac combination of father-son story, man-and-his-dog adventure, and buddy road-trip comedy that blends perfectly to produce an ending that, although not very thrilling or unusual in the conventional sense, is nonetheless amusing and frequently moving. A tragic moment or two is certain to bring anybody with a pet (particularly a dog) to tears.

Finch is an excellent picture, with an exceptional performance by Tom Hanks, and suitable for contemplating a bit on humanity’s – somewhat grim – future…

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MOVIE REVIEW – Tom Hanks has always been vociferous in his opposition to high-profile films being kept out of theaters entirely and instead appearing on streaming, but in a terrible twist of fate, his previous four films have done precisely that. After being sold by Sony, his World War II passion project, Greyhound, which he created and directed, appeared on AppleTV+ last summer. He also had a cameo in the sequel to Borat, which was released on Prime Video. At the same time, Netflix released Paul Greengrass’ Western News of the World globally earlier this year. He…

Finch – The End of the World With a Cute Dog and a Sentient Robot, starring Tom Hanks

2021-11-07

Gergely Herpai (BadSector)

Finch is an excellent picture, with a great performance by Tom Hanks, and suitable for contemplating a bit on humanity’s – somewhat grim – future…

7.2 Direction

9.2 for acting

6.8 out of 10

7.2 for visuals, action, and music

7.4 Ambiance

7.6

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Finch is an excellent picture, with a great performance by Tom Hanks, and suitable for contemplating a bit on humanity’s – somewhat grim – future…

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