The Final Cut

The Final Cut (2004)

  • 38% of critics liked it
    (77 reviews)

  • 47% of users liked it
    (26,766 ratings)

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… More

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PG-13,
Directed By
,
Written By
Omar Naim
Genres
Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy
In Theaters
Oct 15, 2004 Wide
Lions Gate Films

Critic Reviews

  • Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger

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

  • Richard Roeper, Ebert & Roeper

    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.

  • Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

    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.

  • Desson Thomson, Washington Post

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

  • Erik Lundegaard, Seattle Times

    The lack of imagination, given the initial premise, is astounding.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Fernando Rafael Q


    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… More

  • Alice S


    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.

  • Luke B


    The Final Cut is more than just a thriller. It offers a fascinating premise and works on it in an excellent manner. We are shown the damage such "recorded memories" can have but also the peace they can bring to loved ones. Williams centers the film around his fabulously… More

  • Bannan i


    Nifty futuristic idea.

  • Pierluigi P


    Pointless and clichéd sci-fi thriller.

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