The City of Your Final Destination

The City of Your Final Destination (2010)

  • 38% of critics liked it
    (55 reviews)

  • 42% of users liked it
    (2,806 ratings)

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… More

PG-13,
Directed By
Written By
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala
Genres
Art House & International, Drama
In Theaters
Apr 16, 2010 Wide
On DVD
Aug 17, 2010
Screen Media Films

Critic Reviews

  • Tom Long, Detroit News

    Slow, dull and wielding absolutely no emotional impact despite a fine cast.

  • Jonathan F. Richards, Film.com

    It's like Paul McCartney's songs after the split with John Lennon - there's some good stuff, but nothing classic.

  • Joe Williams, St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    With a wimpy protagonist and a reticent director driving the story, The City of Your Final Destination doesn't go far enough.

  • Tirdad Derakhshani, Philadelphia Inquirer

    A movie that feels as if it should have been a masterpiece. As it is, it's flawed, uneven work but deserves careful viewing.

  • Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times

    Like all Merchant/Ivory films, The City of Your Final Destination quietly shimmers.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Universal D


    Opulent visuals as usual from Ivory almost gives one to forget the slight tale of a writer who travels to Uraguay to try to save his career and, as John Lennon famously said "life happens" in the form of Charlotte Gainsbourg. Hopkins and Linney mail in their performances,… More

  • Thomas J


    A slow moving story of finding love. Interesting people may not always make the most interesting characters. The actors give strong performances, but the story just feels to drag.

  • jay n


    Sometimes a movie is nothing special neither good nor bad just okay but contains within it a top flight performance, this is one of those films and Laura Linney's is the performance of note. She plays a woman who is icy and remote but thanks to her skill she makes her intriguing… More

  • ♥˩ƳИИ &


    Cast: Omar Metwally, Anthony Hopkins, Laura Linney, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Hiroyuki Sanada, Norma Aleandro, Alexandra Maria Lara, Kate Burton, Norma Argentina Director: James Ivory Summary: After duping school officials into awarding him a grant to write a biography on novelist… More

  • Chris G


    The City Of Your Final Destination is a flat, dull film that spends its entire running time sitting in neutral, refusing to go anywhere at all. Omar (Omar Metwally) wants to write an autobiography of a famed one hit wonder writer, but needs the authorization of the dead writers wife… More

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