SummaryTwo brothers (Ben Foster & Toby Wallace), raised in different worlds, are reunited as adults over a fateful summer. Set against the backdrop of commercial fishing, the story takes on primal stakes when desperate circumstances force the brothers to strike a deal with a violent Boston crime gang. Along the way, a young woman (Jenna Ortega) finds he... Read More
Directed By:Brian Helgeland
Written By:Brian Helgeland
Finestkind
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Mixed or Average
44
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Generally Favorable
7.4
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Oct 3, 2023
60
If you choose to focus on the family connections, then it’s clear that Helgeland has something to say.
Dec 15, 2023
50
Foster is at his best in roles like this one, where his emotions are tightly coiled and always close to exploding, but the storyline does not give him much to work with and Wallace cannot make much out of a blandly-conceived role.
Oct 26, 2023
50
Although anchored by a number of strong performances, particularly those of Ben Foster and fresh-faced Toby Wallace as estranged half-brothers attempting to find common ground despite their different upbringings, Helgeland’s meandering film still feels stuck in another place in time.
Dec 13, 2023
42
Knock Helgeland’s unpersuasive plot, his broad writing platitudes, and some of the more ridiculous twists of the genre all you want, but the filmmaker at least seems to know, understand, and capture the milieu and people of these communities. Sure, that’s not enough to save Finestkind, but there is something there.
Oct 26, 2023
42
As I watched this turgid muddle, a messy ball of nonsensical threads and worse performances, I couldn’t help but be reminded of Roger Ebert’s old maxim: No good film is too long, and no bad film is too short.
Oct 26, 2023
42
Finestkind has all the right pieces to make an interesting drama, but Helgeland can’t get them together in a way that isn’t over-the-top and downright silly.
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Jan 31, 2024
10
i loved it she was amazing. the acting for this role is awsome. she looked so good
Dec 23, 2023
4
(Mauro Lanari) What did I watch and hear? "There is life and death, but it is the in-between that counts": Taylor Sheridan produces one of his films about the U.S. rural province with scallops that cost a bang and Jenna Ortega who reproposes her cliché character, a family drama too short to reach two hours and which therefore becomes a crime thriller to finally resolve itself into a Disneyesque happy ending. Helgeland's worst movie?
