Finch
Apple TV+ | Release Date (Streaming): November 5, 2021 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 38 Critic Reviews
Positive:
22
Mixed:
14
Negative:
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91
UproxxVince ManciniNov 11, 2021
Finch feels downright innovative, boldly trusting that Tom Hanks training a robot to take care of his dog in a post-cataclysm Earth is a sentiment sweet and humane enough to carry an entire movie. Read full review
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Original-CinKaren GordonNov 5, 2021
Anchored by a solid performance by Tom Hanks, Finch, is a small-scale drama, that is ultimately — and please forgive me for being cliché — about the beauty of being alive. I mean that in the best way possible. Read full review
83
IndieWireDavid EhrlichNov 3, 2021
A broadly safe film like “Finch” might roll into its destination with an ease that belies the risks of getting there, but sometimes the real treasure is the friends we build along the way. Read full review
80
Total FilmMatt MaytumNov 8, 2021
Tom Hanks, his dog and a robot charm in a post-apocalyptic road movie assembled with care and a light touch. Read full review
80
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Barry HertzNov 3, 2021
Sapochnik (Game of Thrones) wisely puts Hanks at the centre of nearly every scene, letting the actor’s ceaseless charisma carry audiences through the End Times. We attach ourselves to Finch partly because of the character, but also because we’re rooting for Hanks to escape the island, oops, I mean the apocalypse. Read full review
80
VarietyTomris LafflyNov 3, 2021
Despite the bleak backdrop, Finch manages to stay true to the fuzzy ring of its basic idea, delivering a family-friendly movie that is big-hearted, comfortingly traditional and bolstered by a genuine love of dogs. Read full review
80
Screen RantDebopriyaa DuttaNov 3, 2021
Perfectly balancing tense drama with charming humor, Finch highlights the best and worst of humanity, and a robot-dog friendship worth remembering. Read full review
80
EmpireOlly RichardsNov 3, 2021
Tom Hanks is more than enough to make this almost one-man show thrilling and heart-breaking. Prepare to weep. Doubly so if you’re a dog person. Read full review
77
CNETRichard TrenholmNov 3, 2021
With no zombies or mutant biker gangs in pursuit, Finch often feels more like Little Miss Sunshine meets Short Circuit. Read full review
75
SlashfilmChris EvangelistaNov 3, 2021
Hanks carries the entire film on his back, and this is yet another great bit of work from the actor. Read full review
70
We Got This CoveredScott CampbellNov 5, 2021
Finch isn't the most original or exciting sci-fi movie you'll ever see, but it's a charming road trip adventure anchored by yet another incredible performance from Tom Hanks. Read full review
70
Screen DailyFionnuala HalliganNov 4, 2021
It’s hard to tell which of the cast is more winning, but all credit to a grizzled Hanks for sharing the screen with a scene-stealing mutt and a bucket of screws. Read full review
70
Wall Street JournalJohn AndersonNov 4, 2021
Among the charms of Finch is its willingness not to overexplain, trusting our patience while involving us visually. Read full review
68
Paste MagazineJacob OllerNov 3, 2021
A forgettable sci-fi with standout elements—making the most of what he’s got left, even if it’s not enough. Read full review
67
The Film StageAlistair RyderNov 4, 2021
Finch is inconsistent, but ultimately charming, even as it will likely be a footnote next to the Hanks star vehicles it’s desperately trying to emulate. Read full review
67
Austin ChronicleRichard WhittakerNov 3, 2021
Sapochnik has delved into bleak futures before, with his 2010 brutal forced-organ-donation capitalist satire Repo Men, but Finch is much closer to last year’s The Midnight Sky, in which George Clooney stared at his own incoming invisible apocalypse. Read full review
67
The PlaylistJason BaileyNov 3, 2021
Tom Hanks is such an avatar for optimism and goodness that the qualities of this character – his heartbreak and vulnerability and resignation to a certain kind of hopelessness – land with greater impact, and he’s so good that when the filmmakers go for the big emotional wallop at the end, they almost pull it off. Read full review
65
PolygonRoxana HadadiNov 10, 2021
A tonally bizarre film that’s half motion-capture Pinocchio story, half live-action adaptation of Futurama’s infamously melancholy “Jurassic Bark” episode, Finch relies on Hanks’ instant likeability and genuine warmth to drive home the devastation of a post-apocalyptic world. Read full review
63
RogerEbert.comNell MinowNov 5, 2021
Hanks does his considerable best with Finch’s revelations and confrontations, but the writing lets him down. Read full review
63
Chicago TribuneNina MetzNov 4, 2021
Though not originally produced with streaming in mind, Finch absolutely feels like it was designed by algorithm. Read full review
63
Vanity FairRichard LawsonNov 4, 2021
There is genuine familial chemistry between Hanks and Landry Jones, effervescing even through the layer of computer wizardry that led to Jeff’s final form. Read full review
63
The Associated PressLindsey BahrNov 3, 2021
You’re probably not coming to Finch for lessons, you’re coming to Finch for Hanks. The good news is that he’s not just the reason to show up, he’s the reason to stay around as well. Read full review
60
New York Magazine (Vulture)Bilge EbiriNov 5, 2021
Despite the ticking clock of Finch’s rapidly progressing illness, the movie doesn’t build up much urgency or excitement. The script is pretty thin, almost all premise and little incident. But director Miguel Sapochnik has the eye to make this world compellingly hostile and bleak, and that counts for something. Read full review
60
The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyNov 3, 2021
There’s little that’s unpredictable in Miguel Sapochnik’s unabashedly sentimental sci-fi road movie, which could almost have been assembled in a robotics lab from the durable parts of countless movies past. But darned if I wasn’t misting up in the melancholy climactic scenes. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubMike D'AngeloNov 3, 2021
Finch’s main problem is its amiable, low-key vibe, which feels at odds with such a grim scenario. Read full review
50
Chicago Sun-TimesRichard RoeperNov 4, 2021
Finch ends exactly as we expect it to end — but what should be an emotional and profound conclusion feels manufactured. You don’t have to be a super-smart robot named Jeff to know when you’re being manipulated. Read full review
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Movie NationRoger MooreNov 4, 2021
It’s a kid-friendly thriller of the sci-fi apocalypse variety, forlorn but engaging enough to sit through. Barely. High stakes, thin on action and heavy on sentiment, it takes “Short Circuit” to doomsday and reaches for tears — here and there — as it does. Read full review
50
CNNBrian LowryNov 4, 2021
Director Miguel Sapochnik ("Game of Thrones") does what he can to wring the maximum amount of emotion out of this unlikely trio, finding moments of tenderness and humor in their interactions. Read full review
50
Boston GlobeMark FeeneyNov 3, 2021
Finch pretty quickly settles into a buddy picture. It’s a dog picture, too, of course, Goodyear, a mutt, being so good at mugging for the camera. The whole thing is as sentimental as it is implausible, and it’s very implausible. Read full review
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San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleNov 3, 2021
But there’s not enough in “Finch” to sustain an audience’s interest for a full 115 minutes. At 85 minutes, it might have been a touching and eccentric novelty. As it stands, “Finch” is something of a slog. A slog in good company, but a slog all the same. Read full review
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TheWrapAlonso DuraldeNov 3, 2021
Apart from the pleasurable specifics of Hanks’ and Landry Jones’ performances (to say nothing of Seamus, the film’s scene-stealing canine co-star), you’ve seen all this before. Read full review
40
The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisNov 5, 2021
Finch is sweet, yet disappointingly uneventful. Read full review
40
The IndependentAdam WhiteNov 4, 2021
It’s fitfully moving – a monologue in which Finch recalls witnessing the worst of human behaviour and doing nothing about it is powerful – but there’s often a sense of a darker, less gentle film aching to get out from beneath the sop. Read full review
40
Rolling StoneDavid FearNov 3, 2021
The whole thing feels so stiflingly familiar that you wonder what has more spare parts, the robot or the movie it’s in. Read full review
40
The TelegraphRobbie CollinNov 3, 2021
The last thing you want to feel about the end of the world is that you’ve seen it all before. Read full review
40
The GuardianPeter BradshawNov 3, 2021
An adorable trio pootle around a post-apocalyptic world in this sentimental sci-fi that curiously lacks any sense of danger. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineChris BarsantiNov 3, 2021
The end of the world may never have had less impact than it does in Miguel Sapochnik’s Finch. Read full review
30
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleNov 5, 2021
A mishmash of star power, bleakness, CGI and the cutes, it will on the one hand remind you of how charmingly adaptive Hanks can be, while the same time proving just how problematic the end of the world is as a scenario for schematic heart-tugging. Read full review
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