When the world is coming to an end, when cities have been turned into dust bowls, the sun is so hot and radiation levels are so high that y...
When the world is coming to an end, when cities have been turned into dust bowls, the sun is so hot and radiation levels are so high that you can’t walk around without protective clothing, who else but Tom Hanks by your side?
A symbol of geniality, warmth and decency in movie after movie, Hanks is the perfect casting choice for the Apple TV+ release Finch. Hanks’s titular robotics engineer is among the few humans left in the wasteland that has been created by a solar flare. Now reduced to foraging for survival and suffering from a terminal illness, Finch has one reason to live: his scruffy terrier Goodyear.
Finch builds a humanoid robot to care for Goodyear after he is gone. Clever despite not being fully functional with a mind and personality of its own, the robot named Jeff accompanies Finch and Goodyear on a journey towards something that feels like hope.
Written by Craig Luck and Ivor Powell and directed by Miguel Sapochnik (the movie Repo Man, episodes of Game of Thrones), Finch combines simplicity and earned emotion, solid performances and an effective portrayal of a dystopian landscape. Tom Hanks brings heart, soul and wisdom to an often-moving account of surviving the odds. Seamus, the rescue dog who appears as Finch’s companion,...
