The City of Your Final Destination (2010)
Average Rating: 5.3/10
Reviews Counted: 55
Fresh: 21 | Rotten: 34
A stellar cast can't elevate this leaden adaptation that, while just as beautiful as anything director James Ivory's made before, comes off as dusty and dry.
Average Rating: 5.5/10
Critic Reviews: 18
Fresh: 9 | Rotten: 9
A stellar cast can't elevate this leaden adaptation that, while just as beautiful as anything director James Ivory's made before, comes off as dusty and dry.
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Historically noteworthy as the first Merchant Ivory production that lacked the involvement of longtime producer Ismail Merchant (he died three years prior to this movie's release), director James Ivory's The City of Your Final Destination embodies an adaptation of Peter Cameron's 2005 novel of the same name, written for the screen by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. Omar Metwally stars as Omar Razaghi, a young graduate student in the U.S. who wishes to author a biography on the late Jules Gund -- an
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Omar Metwally
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Anthony Hopkins
Adam Gund -
Laura Linney
Caroline Gund -
Charlotte Gainsbourg
Arden Langdon -
Hiroyuki Sanada
Pete -
Alexandra Maria Lara
Dierdre -
Norma Aleandro
Mrs. Van Euwen -
Ambar Mallman
Portia -
Norma Argentina
Alma -
Luciano Suardi
Doctor Pereira
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All Critics (55) | Top Critics (18) | Fresh (21) | Rotten (34) | DVD (2)
Slow, dull and wielding absolutely no emotional impact despite a fine cast.
Top CriticIt's like Paul McCartney's songs after the split with John Lennon - there's some good stuff, but nothing classic.
A movie that feels as if it should have been a masterpiece. As it is, it's flawed, uneven work but deserves careful viewing.
Like all Merchant/Ivory films, The City of Your Final Destination quietly shimmers.
There's no dramatic mainspring to the story, but the civilized dialogue is refreshing, the South American locations are lovely and Jorge Drexler's score is rapturously romantic.
What was intended as a tart elegy for a vanished way of life becomes a valedictory to a certain kind of filmmaking: beautifully appointed, intelligently played, and civilized into inertia.
The performances feel honest, and are perfectly attuned to Ivory's sauntering directorial pace. No one is in a hurry to have any epiphanies or enjoy the release of emotional catharsis. I appreciated it.
Ivory without Merchant films a bloodless, dreary tale
Sometimes it's nice to just relax and listen to the deep soothing tones of Anthony Hopkins, even if what he's saying is absolute dribble.
It's of moderately passing interest this film, but that's all. I hope Ivory and Prawer Jhabvala find their feet with the next one.
Looks like a Merchant Ivory movie. Bores like a lesser one, too.
This is a very disappointing film. It lacks life, really.
This is a rather drab affair with a protagonist who seems to have had a personality bypass.
It's not an entirely boring film. After a while, your pulse rate slows and you settle into the landscape. The two-hour running time, however, puts you in acute danger of growing moss.
A rich and engaging film from one of cinema?s grand masters
With all the cinematic trademarks of a James Ivory film, this adaptation of Peter Cameron?s novel seduces us slowly, as we get to know the characters whose lives are intertwined for better and for worse
"Destination" is another effort by director James Ivory in his long-running campaign to give arthouse audiences a comfortable place to take a nap.
An aptly lush but below-the-numbers yarn
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This adaptation of the Peter Cameron novel is pretty dull, and the whole thing is so lacking in energy that it becomes a chore to watch.
The film is an endearing dinosaur, more suited for a museum than a multiplex...
Rather pallid...[a] stolid, talky adaptation of Peter Cameron's novel.
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