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FINCH
Man, bytes, dog
“I oughtta rub your nose in that pool of oil.”
★★★★☆
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2021 | 12 | SVOD
► Director Miguel Sapochnik
► Cast Tom Hanks, Caleb Landry Jones, Samira Wiley, Skeet Ulrich
APPLE TV+ It’s no surprise that Tom Hanks would be the last embodiment of decency in a post-apocalyptic world. Some things you can just rely on, right?
Hollywood’s go-to Everyman plays Finch Weinberg, a grizzled scavenger in a dust-blown America ravaged by solar flares. In spite of the calamity he remains more Mr Rogers than Mad Max – not even a planet-wide electromagnetic pulse can dim this blue-eyed beacon of kindness.
With fellow humans relegated to brief flashbacks, it’s Hanks’s big-hearted brand that anchors proceedings. His co-stars are a beloved dog, Goodyear, and Jeff, a spindly lash-up of a robot voiced by Caleb Landry Jones. Cybernetic man-child Jeff quickly grates, though clever use of posture and lighting ensure he’s a remarkably emotive presence, for all the Meccano blankness of his features.