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The City of Your Final Destination Review

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Critics scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 3.0
    52

    out of 100

    Metascore®
    Mixed or average reviews
    based on a weighted average of all
    critic review scores.

  • 50

    out of 100

    Variety

    Languid, multi-accented adaptation of the contempo novel by Peter Cameron suffers from an unfocused screenplay and direction.

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  • 50

    out of 100

    Los Angeles Times Betsy Sharkey

    Filled with unrealized possibilities and fraught with flaws, Final Destination seems destined to be little more than a footnote in the anthology of extraordinary films to come out of the long creative collaboration between producer Merchant, director James Ivory and screenwriter Ruth Prawer Jhabvala.

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  • 58

    out of 100

    Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum

    Lovely to look at -- and languid to the point of stultifying torpor, as interesting characters make speeches to one another about life, love, and literature.

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  • 70

    out of 100

    The New York Times Stephen Holden

    Besides Ms. Linney's excellent performance and Mr. Hopkins's good one, the best things about the movie are its sensuous cinematography by Javier Aguirresarobe ("Talk to Her," "Vicky Cristina Barcelona") and a gorgeous soundtrack.

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  • 70

    out of 100

    The Hollywood Reporter

    Its appeal naturally will be to book-reading audiences who appreciate films with well-written dialogue, a tony cast, lush visuals and the triumph of civilized values.

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5

I adjure you: go, see. by filmlit
I adjure you . . . I implore you . . . I all but command you to see this film. It is lovely - a film I could live in, and immediately among my favorites. Reader: go.

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