A sweet little film, especially considering it's set in a post-apocalyptic hellscape. Maybe that's the Tom Hanks effect. Comparisons to Cast Away are inevitable, with Wilson the volleyball replaced by Goodyear the dog and Jeff the robot, but the grim sense of the struggle to survive somehow seems muted here. This is light entertainment, geared more towards families or younger viewers. There were cute moments as the robot needs to be trained and weepy moments as the human's health is failing, but unfortunately it never seemed terribly clever or original. Hanks is great as always and the robot is awkwardly cool, but I wish the story had been better.

This is exactly the kind of movie I do enjoy watching. Post-apocalyptic scenes, it makes you think about the future. In the case of Finch it's quite simple, no Mad Max action scenes but a simple story with only one actor, Tom Hanks, if you don't count the voice of the robot and the lovely dog Goodyear. Like in Cast Away Tom Hanks carries this movie like nobody else can. One actor only doens't mean bad movie and he shows us that. Quite a long movie but never boring, with good existencial conversations between Tom Hanks and his robot. The dog, what is he cute, adds something sweet and emotional to the story. In other words I liked it a lot and I'm not surprised others will like this one as well.

Finch Weinberg (Tom Hanks) is a survivor in a post apocalyptic world. He lives in a wind powered factory in St. Louis with his dog. We later discover a solar flare destroyed the ozone layer followed by an EMP that took everything out. Heat and radiation destroyed most living things. Finch has a cool suit and lives as a scavenger. He creates a robot as a companion who names himself Jeff, must likely with the surname Wilson. When a large storm is about to converge on his location, our crew plans a road trip with Finch appearing to suffer from radiation exposure.

I imagine if you are going to cast a one person film, Tom Hanks would come to mind as someone who could pull it off. Personally I would have rather seen a female in the role like Angelina. Entertaining, but not overly exciting.

Guide: No swearing, sex, or nudity.