Finestkind

Name: Finestkind
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Crime
Released: December 15, 2023
Duration: 126 min
Rating: 44
Cast: Aaron Stanford, Ben Foster, Clayne Crawford, Ismael Cruz Cordova, Jenna Ortega

2023

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Paramount+ | Release Date (Streaming): December 15, 2023 | R

Starring: Aaron Stanford, Ben Foster, Clayne Crawford, Ismael Cruz Cordova, Jenna Ortega, Lolita Davidovich, Meghan Leathers, Tim Daly, Toby Wallace, Tommy Lee Jones

Summary: Two brothers (Ben Foster & Toby Wallace), raised in different worlds, are reunited as adults over a fateful summer. Set against the backdrop of commercial fishing, the story takes on primal stakes when desperate circumstances force the brothers to strike a deal with a violent Boston crime gang. Along the way, a young woman (Jenna Ortega)Two brothers (Ben Foster & Toby Wallace), raised in different worlds, are reunited as adults over a fateful summer. Set against the backdrop of commercial fishing, the story takes on primal stakes when desperate circumstances force the brothers to strike a deal with a violent Boston crime gang. Along the way, a young woman (Jenna Ortega) finds herself caught perilously in the middle. Sacrifices must be made and bonds between brothers, friends, lovers, and a father (Tommy Lee Jones) and his son are put to the ultimate test.… Expand

Director: Brian Helgeland

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 126 min

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Peter Debruge

Oct 3, 2023

If you choose to focus on the family connections, then it’s clear that Helgeland has something to say. Read full review

Michael Rechtshaffen

Oct 26, 2023

Although anchored by a number of strong performances, particularly those of Ben Foster and fresh-faced Toby Wallace as estranged half-brothers attempting to find common ground despite their different upbringings, Helgeland’s meandering film still feels stuck in another place in time. Read full review

The Film Stage Jared Mobarak

Oct 26, 2023

It’s all over the place in tone, themes, and cringeworthy melodrama. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Nell Minow

Dec 15, 2023

Foster is at his best in roles like this one, where his emotions are tightly coiled and always close to exploding, but the storyline does not give him much to work with and Wallace cannot make much out of a blandly-conceived role. Read full review

Collider Ross Bonaime

Oct 26, 2023

Finestkind has all the right pieces to make an interesting drama, but Helgeland can’t get them together in a way that isn’t over-the-top and downright silly. Read full review

The Playlist Rodrigo Perez

Dec 13, 2023

Knock Helgeland’s unpersuasive plot, his broad writing platitudes, and some of the more ridiculous twists of the genre all you want, but the filmmaker at least seems to know, understand, and capture the milieu and people of these communities. Sure, that’s not enough to save Finestkind, but there is something there. Read full review

IndieWire Robert Daniels

Oct 26, 2023

As I watched this turgid muddle, a messy ball of nonsensical threads and worse performances, I couldn’t help but be reminded of Roger Ebert’s old maxim: No good film is too long, and no bad film is too short. Read full review

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