2021 · sci-fi · drama · adventure
Finch
Directed by Miguel Sapochnik1h 56m2021
On a post-apocalyptic Earth, a robot, built to protect the life of his dying creator's beloved dog, learns about life, love, friendship, and what it means to be human.
Our read: Finch (2021) reads as a neutral, kinetic, inventive sci-fi · drama · adventure entry — measured in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, tender in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Neutral, kinetic, measured sci-fi / drama, inventive in texture. Redemptive, epic, tender.
- brisk
- inventive
- epic-stakes
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“You want a gentle post-apocalypse road movie about teaching a robot to care.”
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