Review of These Final Hours (2014) by Steve P — 11 Oct 2013
One of the best end-of-the-world movies I've ever seen! It packs a real emotional punch. I saw it today at the Adelaide Film Festival and there was complete silence as the credits started to roll. What makes this new Australian movie so good is its focus on real people and how they might choose to use their last remaining hours alive.
We see these final events through the eyes of an adult and a child (played by Nathan Philips and brilliant newcomer child-actor Angourie Rice). It's a deeply humanising script that stares in the face of finality without flinching.
The movie is painted on a large apocalyptic canvas that recedes into the background as our attention is focused where it should be - on real people and their relationships. The movie grapples with universal issues of life and death, love, meaning and what we value when everything is about to cease existing.
Very thought-provoking and emotionally moving. The movie will be released in the first half of 2014. Don't miss it when it hits a screen near you!
This review of These Final Hours (2014) was written by Steve P on 11 Oct 2013.
These Final Hours has generally received positive reviews.
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