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:
2
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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
50
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
50
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
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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
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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
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