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The Final Cut (2004)

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First-time filmmaker Omar Naim wrote and directed the sci-fi drama The Final Cut. Set in the near future, the story concerns a device implanted in the body that is capable of recording a person's entire life. Once it is extracted from the body after death, the footage can be played back on a screen in the form of "rememories." Robin Williams plays Alan Hakman, an editor who cuts together the footage to make pleasant movies for funerals. Tormented by his job and his own memories, Alan also has a

PG-13, 1 hr. 44 min.

Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy

Directed By: Omar Naim , Various

Written By: Omar Naim

In Theaters: Oct 15, 2004 Wide

On DVD: Mar 22, 2005

Box Office:$0.5M

Lions Gate Films

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Cast

Robin Williams
Alan Hakman
Mira Sorvino
Delila
Jim Caviezel
Fletcher
Mimi Kuzyk
Thelma
Thom Bishops
Hasan
Stefan Arngrim
Oliver
Stephen Dimopoulos
Uncle Murray
Vincent Gale
Simon
Richard Hendery
Balding Man
Blu Mankuma
Zoe Tech Representative
Wanda Cannon
Caroline Monroe
Christopher Britton
Jason Monroe
Jim Francis
Professor
Brendan Fletcher
Michael
Darren Shahlavi
Karim
Don Ackerman
Tattooed Man
Kevin Mundy
Toasting Guy
Stephanie Romanov
Jennifer Bannister
Leanne Adachi
Natalie
Erin Wright
Battered Woman
Suzy Stingl
Swing Girl
Wendy Noel
Guest #1
Carolyn Field
Screeching Car Passenge...
Lisa Bunting
Sobbing Woman
Ellen Kennedy
Woman
Sarah Deakins
Eliza Monroe
Morris Bart & Kimberly C....
Mr. Hakman
Michael St. John Smith
Charles Bannister
Kwesi Ameyaw
Guest #2
Johnna Wright
Mrs. Hakman
Emy Aneke
Security Guard
Jason Diablo
Bobby
Spencer Achtymichuk
Jason Monroe (6)
Genevieve Buechner
Isabel Bannister
Casey Dubois
Young Alan (9)
Liam Ranger
Youg Louis (9)
Katina Robillard
Pretty Woman
Rick Pearce
Screeching Car Driver
Joely Collins
Legz The Tattoo Artist
Chaka White
Pregnant Woman On Bus
George Gordon
Daniel Monroe
Miguelito Macario
Rom
Peter Hall
Adult Louis
Doreen Eby
Delivery Nurse
Andrew Bramley
Doctor
David James
Dad
Elizabeth Urrea
Patient Parent
Barbara Krebesova
Squabbling Wife
Kolja Liquette
Squabbling Husband
Bryan Elliot
Pregnant Woman's Husban...
Ryan Gates
Aging Man
Ian Gschwind
Man
Mike Jocelyn
Business Man
Clark Lee Walker
Friend #1
Anne Whitemole
Friend #2
Darren Hird
Voice Of Danny Monroe
W.J. "Bill" Water
Old Man

Critic Reviews for The Final Cut

All Critics (89) | Top Critics (28) | Fresh (30) | Rotten (50) | DVD (15)

It's not quite as smart as it thinks it is.

October 20, 2004 Full Review Source: Newark Star-Ledger

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Stephen Whitty

Newark Star-Ledger

Top Critic

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.

October 19, 2004 Full Review Source: Ebert & Roeper

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Richard Roeper

Ebert & Roeper

Top Critic

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.

October 15, 2004 Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Top Critic

This debut from writer-director Omar Naim is cut-and-dried sci-fi thriller business.

October 15, 2004 Full Review Source: Washington Post

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Desson Thomson

Washington Post

Top Critic

This first feature from writer-director Omar Naim is unusually accomplished.

October 15, 2004 Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle

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Eric Harrison

Houston Chronicle

Top Critic

This premise sounds like the sort of a screwy, non-idea that a young film student might dream up while editing a documentary. And according to the press notes, that's just what happened.

October 15, 2004 Full Review Source: Orlando Sentinel

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Jay Boyar

Orlando Sentinel

Top Critic

Most significantly, the film underscores the fact that the meaning of our lives ultimately comes from somewhere outside of ourselves.

September 22, 2006 Comment

Peter T. Chattaway

Christianity Today Source: Christianity Today

Robin Williams edita con estoica convicci�n, los pecados de los hombres.

April 30, 2005 Full Review Source: Cinenganos

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Luis Martinez

Cinenganos

A solid thriller through most of its 105-minute run. Sadly, the film comes to a sudden, and dissatisfying, halt.

April 8, 2005 Comment

Forrest Hartman

Reno Gazette-Journal Source: Reno Gazette-Journal

O melhor aspecto do filme reside na maneira inteligente com que discute as implica��es sociais e morais de sua premissa - a marca registrada de toda boa fic��o cient�fica.

April 8, 2005 Full Review Source: Cinema em Cena

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Pablo Villaca

Cinema em Cena

If the ending is predictable and even anti-climactic, chalk it up to a first effort. The rest of the film, brilliantly shot by Tak Fujimoto, is worth a look-see.

April 2, 2005 Full Review Source: San Diego Metropolitan

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Jean Lowerison

San Diego Metropolitan

The message of The Final Cut is clear: memories can't be trusted, and neither can Canadians.

April 1, 2005 Full Review Source: Freeze Dried Movies

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Brian Juergens

Freeze Dried Movies

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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

September 1, 2010

Fernando Rafael Quintero Casta�eda

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.

June 1, 2010

Alice Shen

Super Reviewer

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