Finestkind

2023 2h 6m EN

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6.8

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★6.8TMDB · 360

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Two brothers from opposite sides of the tracks are reunited as adults. Desperate circumstances force them into a deal with an organized crime syndicate in Boston, and a young woman gets caught in the middle.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Ben Foster
Tom Eldridge
Toby Wallace
Charlie Sykes
Jenna Ortega
Mabel
Tommy Lee Jones
Ray Eldridge
Ismael Cruz Cordova
Costa
Clayne Crawford
Pete Weeks
Aaron Stanford
Skeemo
Scotty Tovar
Nunes

Credits

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Director: Brian Helgeland
Writers: Jasmine Alexia Jackson, Brian Helgeland
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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1 / 5

ERA

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Released 3 years ago.

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2 / 5

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Brian Helgeland, shot by Crille Forsberg. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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3 / 5

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Carter Burwell. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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4 / 5

CAST

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Ben Foster and Toby Wallace and Jenna Ortega carry the top of the cast.

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5 / 5

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt7991508 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Brian Helgeland directs. Crille Forsberg behind the camera. Carter Burwell scores. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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1Released 3 years ago.
2Directed by Brian Helgeland, shot by Crille Forsberg. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
3Original score by Carter Burwell. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
4Ben Foster and Toby Wallace and Jenna Ortega carry the top of the cast.
5IMDB entry: tt7991508 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Cinematography: Crille Forsberg
Original score: Carter Burwell
Production design: Richard Hoover
Costume design: Deborah Newhall
Makeup / hair: Julie LeShane
Stunt coordinator: Paul Marini
Runtime: 126 min · 2h 6m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Finestkind (2023)

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CinemaSerf2024-11-21
★ 6/10
I suppose the real thing to take away from this is just hard it can be for folks to make a living running a small fishing boat. Thereafter it's a bland family drama about two half brothers caught up in a drug smuggling caper as they desperately try to keep their business afloat by picking up drugs that have been deposited out at sea and bringing them ashore. When one such shipment goes pear-shaped then the family encounter brutality of their unscrupulous partners, all whilst the coastguard - in the USA and Canada - start to make their presence felt too. Matters are also made worse by the fact that their father (Tommy Lee Jones) is diagnosed with cancer and the pair - "Tom" (Ben Foster) and "Charlie" (Toby Wallace) - are determined not to let him down. To be fair, it doesn't quite follow the usual shipping lanes but the acting - especially from Tim Daly and Jenny Ortega is pretty rotten and the dialogue the others are left with is hardly the stuff of a Pulitzer prize, There is some decent maritime photography and we do get a sense of just how vulnerable they are on the eponymous trawler as the seas get livelier, but sadly that's the only thing that gets lively and I'd recommend that you just give this a miss, sorry.

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