Finestkind (2023)

• Year: 2023
• Released: 15 Dec 2023
• Country: United States
• Adwords: 1 nomination
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7991508/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/finestkind
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• Available in: 720p, 1080p, 1080p
• Language: English
• MPA Rating: R
• Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
• Runtime: 126 min
• Writer: Brian Helgeland
• Director: Brian Helgeland
• Cast: Ben Foster, Toby Wallace, Jenna Ortega
• Keywords: boston, massachusetts, brother, criminal, case,

	5.9/10
	29% – Critics
	63% – Audience

Finestkind Storyline

Finestkind tells the story of two half-brothers (Ben Foster and Toby Wallace), raised in different worlds, who 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 herself caught perilously in the middle. Sacrifices must be made and bonds between brothers, friends, lovers, and a father (Tommy Lee Jones) and his son are put to the ultimate test.—Captain Ahab

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Finestkind Movie Reviews

Disappointingly superficial, clichéd macho-drama guff

In sub-standard macho-drama “Finestkind” Toby Wallace joins older half-brother Ben Foster’s self-satisfied ruffty-tuffty crew of US East Coast fishermen (including Ismael Cruz Cordova (decent)) whose troubles at sea spiral exponentially when they try smuggling heroin for the mob (led by Clayne Crawford). Experienced writer / director Brian Helgeland messed up badly with this superficial, short-cutting, clichéd guff that doesn’t seem to know what kinda film it wants to be – especially considering the talented cast he had for it, that also included Jenna Ortega (rising superstar – with good reason), Tommy Lee Jones & Lolita Davidovitch. Major disappointment. A turd. Flush it.

OMG this was painful

I don’t know here to begin. First, it was so slow. The music was ripped from a Hallmark TV movie and so on the nose of how you should feel. It was just too distracting. Tommy Lee was useless in this. The acting for the most part was terrible, but especially from Jenny Ortega.

And then the writing was just so bad. Like the “dad” coming into the bar in the beginning and caused a scene, which just would never happen.

The movie didn’t know what it wanted to be. It was all over the place with too many ideas and not enough focus. 45 minutes into it and nothing has really happened, except the superfluous rushed relationship between Mabel and Charlie.

I just don’t see why this was even made. What was the point of it? If you want to make a movie have something NEW to say., like a message, maybe just pure entertainment, but then it should be funny. This was nothing new. It reminded me of the Perfect Storm, kinda.

Everyone seemed unlikable and uninteresting. Over an hour into it and I’m bored to death!!

From harmlessly boring to offendingly bad

Quote: “There is life and death, but it is the in-between that counts”. Cute line. Doesn’ really make sense though. Since life is the in-between. It should be: you are born, you die and it is the in-between that counts. There is point to that. The quote doesn’t make sense, the movie doesn’t either.

The worst thing of this movie is that it doesn’t service its good actors. This movie got Tommy Lee Jones who makes the most of his part. Ben Foster as plays Ben Foster but at that he is always great. Their father and son story was the only thing good buried in the crap around it. Jenna Ortega has just a presence that can’t be denied. She tried hard to make her cliché character work.

They are all three fine in this movie but absolutely nobody can fix this mess. This movie has no idea what it wants to be. It tries to be a heist movie, a character drama, a comedy and a thriller. Add to that that the structure is completly off. Instead of the usual 20 Minutes it will take one hour and five minutes until we get introduced to the problem, the conflict, to what this movie is actually about.

Since it is two hours long the second act which should make two thirds of the movie is now crammed into the second hour.

Because of these two problems you can see this movie getting worse with every minute. Making the last 30 minutes feel like a montage or make them feel like they were cut by three differend editors. Movies need a strong start and a strong ending but it also the in-between that counts.