Final is a 2001 science fiction film directed by Campbell Scott. It stars Denis Leary, Hope Davis, J. C. MacKenzie, Jim Gaffigan, Jim Hornyak, and Maureen Anderman.
Plot
The main character, Bill, played by Leary, wakes up from a coma in a psychiatric hospital. He is suffering from delusions that he is about to be executed by a futuristic society which has unfrozen him from the past. However, under Hope Davis's care as Ann, his psychiatrist, he starts remembering trauma from his pre-coma life, including the death of his father, a break-up with his fiancée, and a drunken binge while driving. He begins to recover from his mental breakdown yet his delusions do not cease. As the truth unravels, the viewer comes to find out that his delusions may be closer to the truth than the reality he was told of by his care-givers.
The movie features a very quiet, bleak atmosphere. There are few characters, with the great majority of dialogue and on-screen time taken up by Denis Leary and Hope Davis. Leary's character is given an electric guitar as a means to pacify him. Several short cut-scenes feature Leary playing intricate and beautiful blues-style guitar solos.
External links
- Final at the Internet Movie Database
- A. O. Scott (2001-12-07). "He May Be Institutionalized, But His Delusions Seem Real". The New York Times. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0DE0DA123CF934A35751C1A9679C8B63. Retrieved 2008-12-28.
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