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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 enti... read more read more...re 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

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PG-13, 1 hr. 44 min.

Directed by: Omar Naim, Various

Release Date: October 15, 2004

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DVD Release Date: March 22, 2005

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  • fernandorafael
    September 1, 2010
    fernandorafael
    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 cha... read moreracters 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).
  • aliceinpunderland
    June 1, 2010
    aliceinpunderland
    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.
  • kiriyamakazou
    September 15, 2008
    kiriyamakazou
    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 ... read moreperformance. 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.
  • CrookedlittleB33
    May 17, 2008
    CrookedlittleB33
    Nifty futuristic idea.
  • pier007
    February 8, 2008
    pier007
    Pointless and clichéd sci-fi thriller.
  • puffchunk
    October 25, 2007
    puffchunk
    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 th... read moreat little flaw, it was neat.
  • Deano78
    June 15, 2007
    Deano78
    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... read more to end a bit abruptly. Could have been a classic.
  • dreamfaeries
    November 7, 2006
    dreamfaeries
    Very interesting.
  • gator681
    January 29, 2006
    gator681
    [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 ... read morea 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]
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    [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]
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    [font=Century Gothic]Note: "The Final Cut" did remind me a little of "The Conversation"(1974) starring Gene Hackman. [/font]
  • fb25827189
    March 23, 2012
    fb25827189
    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.

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Stephen Whitty
October 20, 2004
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger

It's not quite as smart as it thinks it is. Full Review

Richard Roeper
October 19, 2004
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. Full Review

Roger Ebert
October 15, 2004
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. Full Review

Desson Thomson
October 15, 2004
Desson Thomson, Washington Post

This debut from writer-director Omar Naim is cut-and-dried sci-fi thriller business. Full Review

Eric Harrison
October 15, 2004
Eric Harrison, Houston Chronicle

This first feature from writer-director Omar Naim is unusually accomplished. Full Review

Jay Boyar
October 15, 2004
Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel

This premise sounds like the sort of a screwy, non-idea that a young film student might dream up while editing a documentary. And according to the press notes, that's just what happened. Full Review

Terry Lawson
October 15, 2004
Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press

It's all modestly clever but decidedly under-baked. Full Review

Tom Long
October 15, 2004
Tom Long, Detroit News

What is it with Robin Williams playing creepy roles? How did the one-time funniest guy on earth turn into Mr. Spooky? Come back, Mork, your work here was not done.

Robert Denerstein
October 15, 2004
Robert Denerstein, Denver Rocky Mountain News

Another dud of a movie that springs from an intriguing premise.

Michael Booth
October 15, 2004
Michael Booth, Denver Post

It's a dark and thought-provoking exploration of where our strange marriage of voyeurism and self-absorption may lead us just a few years from now. Full Review

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