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It’s the end of the world as we know it.
Bullfinch
The film will begin streaming exclusively on Apple TV + on Friday, November 5.
Tom Hanks could read a phone book for two hours and earn an Oscar nomination for it.
The actor has amassed a deep goodwill over the past four decades, thanks to his incredible ability to bring a rich variety of heroic protagonists to life. In many ways, he’s the latest movie star, linking him directly to a row of larger-than-life screen heroes, first canonized in the 1930s, who prove unfazed as they modulate their talents. to deliver witty dialogue, perform comedy physical exercises, male and female romance, and deliver sophisticated and dramatic baggage with the greatest of ease.
Every now and then, Hanks strives to adjust himself to fit roles that are beyond his greatest strengths as an approachable, capable, sympathetic, and friendly person. These roles, like ill-fitting shoes, stand out and are unpleasant to remember.
Like a pair of aging yet comfy moccasins that still fit her perfectly, Tom Hanks slips into his role in Bullfinch with the greatest ease. Somewhere around St. Louis, Missouri, United States – in the middle of the country – he built a life for himself, his dog, and a little robot. They are the only survivors of an apocalypse that wiped out life as we know it, replacing it with dust, lots of dust, and then more dust.
The indefatigable Finch may be the only human around. At this point, sometime after the start of the end of the world, he gathered enough supplies to feed and water himself and his dog. They also have a safe place to sleep, where Finch has set up his own lab and gathered enough tools, machines, and other equipment that allow him to build items he needs to survive.
His latest project is a life-size robot (voiced by Caleb Landry Jones), with the ability to learn. As he brings the robot to life, Finch learns that a massive storm is approaching, forcing him to leave his comfortable life and move to San Francisco.
The why and how are explained step by step in the original screenplay, credited to Craig Luck and Ivor Powell. It’s a script that respects the audience’s innate ability to figure things out. We don’t need being told that it is a future caused by an unspecified apocalyptic event; we can see this.
We’re in the company of Tom Hanks though, and that’s (almost) always a good thing and guarantees, at a minimum, that the trip will be enjoyable, delicious, informative, probably both comedic and dramatic, and probably poignant. (It’s the end of the world, and Tom Hanks isn’t exactly a spring chicken anymore.)
Under the direction of Miguel Sapochnik, who has demonstrated his art and precision in a series of television shows, including Game Of Thrones, Fringe, and Banshee, the film befits about him in a quite engaging way. It’s a road-trip movie, and I always favor them, thanks to the many pleasant journeys I have made in my life.
It’s also a road trip movie with Tom Hanks as the driver. He doesn’t always fly correctly, but he has a fantastic sense of direction, just like Bullfinch.
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