The Final Cut (2004)
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38% of critics liked it
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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 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 screen in the form of "rememories." Robin Williams plays Alan Hakman, an editor who cuts together the footage to make pleasant movies for funerals. Tormented by his job and his own memories, Alan also has a troubled romantic relationship with bookseller Delila (Mira Sorvino). While looking through footage for his next project, Alan discovers a man whom he believes is from his own past. Meanwhile, former editor Fletcher (James Caviezel) wants the footage for his own purposes. The Final Cut was shown at the Berlin Film Festival in 2004. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, Rovi
- Directed By
- Omar Naim, Various
- Written By
- Omar Naim
- Genres
- Drama, Mystery & Suspense, Science Fiction & Fantasy
- In Theaters
- Oct 15, 2004 Wide
- Studio
- Lions Gate Films
Critic Reviews
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Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger
It's not quite as smart as it thinks it is.
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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.
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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.
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Desson Thomson, Washington Post
This debut from writer-director Omar Naim is cut-and-dried sci-fi thriller business.
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Erik Lundegaard, Seattle Times
The lack of imagination, given the initial premise, is astounding.
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Cast
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Robin Williams
as Alan Hakman
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Mira Sorvino
as Delila
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Jim Caviezel
as Fletcher
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Mimi Kuzyk
as Thelma
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Thom Bishops
as Hasan
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Stefan Arngrim
as Oliver
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Stephen Dimopoulos
as Uncle Murray
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Vincent Gale
as Simon
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Richard Hendery
as Balding Man
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Blu Mankuma
as Zoe Tech Representative
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Wanda Cannon
as Caroline Monroe
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Christopher Britton
as Jason Monroe
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Jim Francis
as Professor
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Brendan Fletcher
as Michael
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Darren Shahlavi
as Karim
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Don Ackerman
as Tattooed Man
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Kevin Mundy
as Toasting Guy
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Stephanie Romanov
as Jennifer Bannister
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Leanne Adachi
as Natalie
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Erin Wright
as Battered Woman
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Suzy Stingl
as Swing Girl
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Wendy Noel
as Guest #1
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Carolyn Field
as Screeching Car Passenger
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Lisa Bunting
as Sobbing Woman
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Ellen Kennedy
as Woman
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Sarah Deakins
as Eliza Monroe
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Morris Bart & Kimberly C. Anderson
as Mr. Hakman
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Michael St. John Smith
as Charles Bannister
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Kwesi Ameyaw
as Guest #2
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Johnna Wright
as Mrs. Hakman
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Emy Aneke
as Security Guard
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Jason Diablo
as Bobby
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Spencer Achtymichuk
as Jason Monroe (6)
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Genevieve Buechner
as Isabel Bannister
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Casey Dubois
as Young Alan (9)
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Liam Ranger
as Youg Louis (9)
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Katina Robillard
as Pretty Woman
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Rick Pearce
as Screeching Car Driver
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Joely Collins
as Legz The Tattoo Artist
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Chaka White
as Pregnant Woman On Bus
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George Gordon
as Daniel Monroe
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Miguelito Macario
as Rom
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Peter Hall
as Adult Louis
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Doreen Eby
as Delivery Nurse
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Andrew Bramley
as Doctor
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David James
as Dad
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Elizabeth Urrea
as Patient Parent
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Barbara Krebesova
as Squabbling Wife
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Kolja Liquette
as Squabbling Husband
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Bryan Elliot
as Pregnant Woman's Husband
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Ryan Gates
as Aging Man
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Ian Gschwind
as Man
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Mike Jocelyn
as Business Man
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Clark Lee Walker
as Friend #1
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Anne Whitemole
as Friend #2
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Darren Hird
as Voice Of Danny Monroe
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W.J. "Bill" Water
as Old Man

