The Final Cut (2004)

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• 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
  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 beard, the film fails miserably, even more so considering its alluring concept. The score by Bryan Tyler is incredible (and that's about it).

• 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
  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 detached performance. He's a man who has lived all his life with the guilt of his own memories as well as spending the majority of his adult life experiencing the lives of others. Opposite WIlliams we have Caviezel who again does an outstanding job as a supposed "villain" with more morals than that of our hero. All points of view are clearly expressed which makes for a wonderfully thought provoking piece of entertainment. Unfortunately not all avenues are explored to their full extent. This would have made one hell of a TV show which could have chronicled Cutting and Rememories from their initial inception. The film is rather complex and doesn't give us an easy answer to the questions it raises. Unfortunately now I just want to know more about the world in which the film is set. For once here's hoping for a remake or TV show in a few decades to further explore a wonderful idea.

• Bannan i

  
  Nifty futuristic idea.

• Pierluigi P

  
  Pointless and clichéd sci-fi thriller.

• Curtis L

  
  Pretty neat story. I think it's a bit unlikely that someone can make a career viewing an entire life and edit a movie, especially more than one life (like lots of them). You know, there's this problem with your life not being hundreds upon hundreds of years long. Other… More
  Pretty neat story. I think it's a bit unlikely that someone can make a career viewing an entire life and edit a movie, especially more than one life (like lots of them). You know, there's this problem with your life not being hundreds upon hundreds of years long. Other than that little flaw, it was neat.

• Dean !

  
  A good, if strange film starring Robin Williams. He plays a cutter that basically can take memories from people who have died and create a sort of montage of their best memories from their life. Whilst doing so he also gets to see what else they got up to. Great idea but it seems to… More
  A good, if strange film starring Robin Williams. He plays a cutter that basically can take memories from people who have died and create a sort of montage of their best memories from their life. Whilst doing so he also gets to see what else they got up to. Great idea but it seems to end a bit abruptly. Could have been a classic.

• Leigh R

  
  Very interesting.

• Walter M

  
  [font=Century Gothic]In "The Final Cut", parents can have a Zoe Implant made by the Eyetech Corporation put into their child at birth(or perhaps even before), recording all of their memories. After a person dies, the chip can be removed and all of the information edited… More
  [font=Century Gothic]In "The Final Cut", parents can have a Zoe Implant made by the Eyetech Corporation put into their child at birth(or perhaps even before), recording all of their memories. After a person dies, the chip can be removed and all of the information edited down by a cutter and shown to their loved ones as a Rememory. Alan Hakman(Robin Williams) is the best cutter around and he handles the material no other cutter will touch which is why he takes the job of sifting through the memories of Charles Bannister, an Eyetech executive. An ex-cutter named Fletcher(Jim Caviezel) has offered Hakman $500,000 for those particular memories...[/font] [font=Century Gothic][/font] [font=Century Gothic]"The Final Cut" is a nifty, thought-provoking piece of science fiction that thankfully does not devolve into car chases or explosions. The film is a medititation on how we remember(especially the dead) and what is written about public figures after they die(A cutter is sort of an obituary writer.) which is almost always extremely polite(especially about Ronald Reagan) with Hunter Thompson denigrating Richard Nixon being the very rare exception. This is one of Robin Williams' best performances but Mira Sorvino is nowhere near as capable.[/font] [font=Century Gothic][/font] [font=Century Gothic]Note: "The Final Cut" did remind me a little of "The Conversation"(1974) starring Gene Hackman. [/font]

• Jason R

  
  A great performance by Robin Williams and a even greater plot. Makes THE FINAL CUT, a really good Sci-Fi/Drama worth at least one or two viewings.

• Mr. C

  
  Pretty weak. I think the idea was brilliant and original. The actors I think did well....However... It was just too scattered & didnt really have any finishing point that it was leading up to. The ending was flat & bland, and much of the movie leading to it was too random… More
  Pretty weak. I think the idea was brilliant and original. The actors I think did well....However... It was just too scattered & didnt really have any finishing point that it was leading up to. The ending was flat & bland, and much of the movie leading to it was too random & scattered to ever get an idea what it was actually trying to tell.

• Remi L

  
  Interesting concept, though it creeps me out: the idea of people being able to see everything I've experienced throughout my entire life. I like to see Robin Williams take on these serious roles.

• Sunil J

  
  Kinda cool. Mira Sorvino was nice to see again.

• Lee K

  
  I was on a mission after seeing the passion of the christ to see anything else james caviezel had to offer, but shouldve stayed clear from this mess, i hated it.

• Marcus W

  
  A neat idea, and the sequence with "the daydreams" is terrific, but otherwise it's substandard.

• Barry L

  
  Williams shows that he is still one of the greatest actors of his era. Brilliant film.

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