The City of Your Final Destination

The City of Your Final Destination (2010)

  • 37% of critics liked it
    (54 reviews)

  • 43% of users liked it
    (2,678 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 novel of the… More

PG-13, 1 hr. 54 min.
Directed By
James Ivory
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.

  • 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.

  • Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune

    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.

  • Ty Burr, Boston Globe

    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.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • 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

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    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

  • Walter M


    In "The City of Your Final Destination," Omar(Omar Metwally), an untenured professor, is denied permission to write a biography of Jules Gund, a famous writer, by his survivors. Fearing the adage of 'publish or work in fast food,' his girlfriend Deirdre(Alexandra… More

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