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7 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 60VarietyPeter DebrugeVarietyPeter DebrugeIf you choose to focus on the family connections, then it’s clear that Helgeland has something to say.
- 50The Film StageJared MobarakThe Film StageJared MobarakIt’s all over the place in tone, themes, and cringeworthy melodrama.
- 50The Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenThe Hollywood ReporterMichael RechtshaffenAlthough 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.
- 50RogerEbert.comNell MinowRogerEbert.comNell MinowFoster 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.
- 42ColliderRoss BonaimeColliderRoss BonaimeFinestkind 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.
- 42IndieWireRobert DanielsIndieWireRobert DanielsAs 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.
- 42The PlaylistRodrigo PerezThe PlaylistRodrigo PerezKnock 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.