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The Final Cut (2004)

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Reviews Counted: 74

Fresh: 28

Rotten:46

Average Rating: 5.4/10

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for mature thematic material, some violence, sexuality and language

Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Oct 15, 2004 Limited

Box Office: $529,194

Synopsis: Omar Naim's futuristic science-fiction story generates many mysterious, alluring, and thought-provoking questions about memory, surveillance, and the ethics of personal privacy. Set in the future,... Omar Naim's futuristic science-fiction story generates many mysterious, alluring, and thought-provoking questions about memory, surveillance, and the ethics of personal privacy. Set in the future, THE FINAL CUT offers a vision of a world where soon-to-be parents agree to let doctors surgically implant memory chips into the brains of their unborn children. These memory chips are like video cameras with infinite tape stock that comprehensively record the lives of their hosts through the hosts' own eyes--for better or for worse. When a host dies, a "cutter"--played here by an eerily introspective Robin Williams--receives the memory chip footage from the deceased person's family in order to edit the memories for a palatable funereal screening, called a "rememory." But are memories public or private? Is it fair for a cutter to decide what comprises a host's life story? And do people behave differently knowing that someone will view their lives, even their most intimate and discreet moments, as a short film? THE FINAL CUT's use of sharp and furtive handheld camera footage to depict the perspective of memory, set in contrast with the evenly measured cinematography of the rest of the film, constantly foregrounds the medium of film as memory-capturing and memory-making device. With an understated politic and a tightly wound narrative, this film delivers an open-minded and sophisticated meditation on ethics and technology, guilt and redemption, and the property rights of one's own cerebral cortex. [More]

Starring: Robin Williams, Mira Sorvino, Mimi Kuzyk, Jim Caviezel

Starring: Robin Williams, Mira Sorvino, Mimi Kuzyk, Jim Caviezel, Thom Bishops, Stephanie Romanov, Vincent Gale

Director: Omar Naim

Director: Omar Naim
Screenwriter: Omar Naim
Composer: Brian Tyler
Studio: Lions Gate Films

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08/16/07
Ben Walters
Time Out New York

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

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09/22/06
Peter T. Chattaway
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02/09/06
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Robin Williams edita con estoica convicción, los pecados de los hombres.

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04/30/05
Luis Martinez
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04/30/05
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A solid thriller through most of its 105-minute run. Sadly, the film comes to a sudden, and dissatisfying, halt.

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04/08/05
Forrest Hartman
Reno Gazette-Journal

O melhor aspecto do filme reside na maneira inteligente com que discute as implicaçőes sociais e morais de sua premissa – a marca registrada de toda boa ficçăo científica.

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04/08/05
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.

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04/02/05
Jean Lowerison
San Diego Metropolitan

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

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04/01/05
Brian Juergens
Freeze Dried Movies

Naim's script is intelligent, but not always easy to follow. It is an example of a fully adult science fiction film and one that does not require any special effects.

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03/30/05
Mark R. Leeper
rec.arts.movies.reviews

Reminiscent of science fiction cautionary tales like Gattaca and anything written by Philip K. Dick, The Final Cut is a must-see.

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03/13/05
Staci Layne Wilson
Horror.com

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11/13/04
JoBlo
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I'm frankly amazed the foolish, cheap-looking thing didn't go straight to the Sci-Fi Channel.

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11/08/04
Sean Burns
Philadelphia Weekly

Everything of minor interest in the piece (and Williams' late career) is crystallized in the lyrics to the maudlin Pink Floyd song that bears this film's name.

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10/21/04
Walter Chaw
Film Freak Central

It's a thoughtful, multi-layered film that falls a bit short of its goals on all fronts.

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10/21/04
Lawrence Toppman
Charlotte Observer

Final Cut will burrow into your psyche and make you wonder. It's a smart, dark, glimpse into cerebral science's possible paths and the menacing state of civil rights' future.

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10/20/04
Emily Blunt
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It's not quite as smart as it thinks it is.

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10/20/04
Stephen Whitty
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