FINCH
★★★★
OUT NOW (APPLE TV+) / CERT TBC / 115 MINS
DIRECTOR Miguel Sapochnik
CAST Tom Hanks, Caleb Landry Jones, Seamus
There are just three cast members in this simultaneously bleak and uplifting redemptive drama: Tom Hanks, a CG robot (Caleb Landry Jones via performance capture) and a dog. It needs nothing more. Hanks is Finch, a scientist just about surviving life in a world that has become near-uninhabitable after the destruction of the ozone layer. Radiation will eventually kill him, but before he goes he resolves to build a robot capable of looking after the one thing he still cares about: his dog, Goodyear. Miguel Sapochnik, best known for directing epic battles in Game Of Thrones, shows he does just as well with small moments, bringing touching truth to Finch’s fatherly relationship with his creation. The conclusion is inevitable, but knowing what’s coming just makes the journey more moving.