Finch

Matt Roush says...

Imagine if Wilson the volleyball had talked back to Tom Hanks in Cast Away. That dynamic plays out to entertaining degree in one of the few post-apocalyptic films I’d ever describe as uplifting. Much credit goes to the ever-affable Hanks as Finch, an engineer who has survived a devastating solar pulse that wiped out much of the ozone layer a decade or so earlier. Emerging with his loyal dog Goodyear to forage for supplies in an irradiated world, Finch creates a robot for companionship and to ensure someone will look after the adorable pooch if/when he succumbs. The trio embarks on a road trip West that’s eventful, suspenseful and at times humorous as the robot takes on a real personality, giving one pause that humanity may not have the last word on this planet.

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