The Final Cut2004
The Final Cut (2004)
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Critic Consensus: The Final Cut fails to make compelling use of its intriguing premise and talented cast, settling for a middling sci-fi drama that never justifies its pretensions.
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Cast
as Alan Hakman
as Delila
as Fletcher
as Thelma
as Jennifer Bannister

as Hasan
as Isabel Bannister
as Michael
as Simon

as Young Alan (9)

as Youg Louis (9)
as Legz, The Tattoo Artist

as Charles Bannister
as Jason Monroe
as Caroline Monroe

as Pregnant Woman On Bus

as Tattooed Man

as Eliza Monroe

as Daniel Monroe

as Jason Monroe (6)

as Battered Woman

as Rom
as Security Guard

as Uncle Murray

as Guest #1
as Guest #2

as Natalie

as Adult Louis

as Mrs. Hakman

as Mr. Hakman
as Oliver
as Karim
as Zoe Tech Representative

as Balding Man

as Professor

as Bobby

as Sobbing Woman

as Delivery Nurse

as Doctor

as Dad

as Patient Parent

as Squabbling Wife

as Squabbling Husband

as Pregnant Woman's Husband

as Aging Man

as Man

as Woman

as Business Man

as Toasting Guy

as Pretty Woman

as Friend #1

as Friend #2

as Voice Of Danny Monroe

as Old Man

as Swing Girl

as Screeching Car Driver

as Screeching Car Passenger
Critic Reviews for The Final Cut
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Forgive me, but The Final Cut should really be the one where you turn off the camera and go do something far more interesting; like maybe taking out the garbage.
It's not quite as smart as it thinks it is.
It's nice to see Mira Sorvino who has sort of wobbled about since winning the Oscar about ten years ago she is very good in this film.
Williams has extraordinary success in channeling this other person. How strange that the same actor can play some of the most uninhibited of all characters, and some of the most morose.
This debut from writer-director Omar Naim is cut-and-dried sci-fi thriller business.
The lack of imagination, given the initial premise, is astounding.

Audience Reviews for The Final Cut
Technology is developed that allows recording of one's entire life. Why? So that once yer dead your relatives can make a memorial film clip of your life. While not the expected use of such capabilities it's the set-up for Williams to play a man whose job it is to shape those recorded lifetimes into Disney-fied music videos (cue Phillip Glass-like score). Problems herein include the predictable privacy concerns, a dead tech wizard's possibly incriminating and thus exploitable past, as well as Williams own personally troubling past. It's not bad insofar as a interesting sci-fi idea explored goes, but somehow fails to connect. Williams, Sorvino and Caviezel all perform well for the newbie director/writer Naim who only lacks focus IMO., delivering a tale nicely reminiscent of 1950's pulp sci-fi.
Super Reviewer
God, I hate Robin Williams! One of the world's most overrated actors is terribly pouty and rigid in THE FINAL CUT. He's not alone, though. Most of the top players in this film are awful as well. Between the script's huge deficiencies, the many plot holes, the underdeveloped characters and Fletcher's (Jim Caviezel) fake beard, the film fails miserably, even more so considering its alluring concept. The score by Bryan Tyler is incredible (and that's about it).
Super Reviewer
Interesting concept with a somewhat anticlimactic ending. Robin Williams is understated and slightly creepy as the sin-eating cutter, and I always love Jim Caviezel.
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