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... but better - thanks to great character acting from Davis and Leary. However, the movie is just too long for what it delivers: a 2 hour, 2 person talk-fest in which nothing really happens.

This story involves a man who wakes up in a psychiatric ward / hospital and thinks it's the future and that he's going to be given a (final) lethal injection. The entire movie is basically about his interaction with his doctor in the patient room and hospital yard.

The only saving grace of this movie is the strong acting performances by both Leary and Davis. Leary is very dynamic and energetic (it's actually very impressive) and Davis does outstanding counterplay as his restrained, even-toned psychiatrist.

This makes them interesting to watch - to listen to. The memory flashbacks also help break up the dialog.

However, almost NOTHING happens in this movie - it's huge talk-fest and the story could have been shrunk to 30 or 40 minutes max. If it weren't for the quality of acting (which induced me to think the movie may get better), I would have quit watching early on. In the final analysis, I also realized that I didn't even get anything out of the great performances beyond recognizing the skill of actors.

If you're a Denis Leary or Hope Davis fan, you'll probably enjoy watching them act. For the average movie-goer, see something else.

Excellent casting, characters believable, well played out and I stayed well tuned to see what came next. Ridiculous time warp depiction of character using walkman to play an ancient flag waving tune was so tacky. Great for low budget tho and in that sense, I changed my mind and up to a 6.

Okay, it is a not a sci-fi movie in the sense of laser gun battles or travelling through time warps, or anything like that. In fact, you almost have to be told that it is science-fiction, it plays out more like a subtle love story, but mostly like a psychological drama. Another interesting thing about this movie is that it is a slow movie, but it absolutely grabs your attention.

Denis Leary turned in a great performance, such natural speech, and without his usual foul-mouth on top of that too! Him and Hope Davis convince you that there was a bond that developed between them, and under any other circumstances this bond could've led to a quiet comfortable life together. There is a scene at the end which is touching, it almost reminds you of an elderly couple who know their life together is coming to an end and are saying their final goodbyes to each other.

The first hour of this was a really minimal mental hospital movie. Instead of the usual cast of intermingling crazies, you just have one guy. But, like in every mental hospital movie, you are supposed to wonder who is really sane, and who is insane.

It took at least an hour, maybe more, for this film to grab me. I'm sure I would have walked out and seen something else at the multiplex except I was being blocked from my exit by several large women voraciously eating ribs to my left, and a couple of snorers to my right. So I sat.

The first hour is mostly a dialog between the mental patient (Denis Leary) and his young female doctor. Leary is babbling about many things, but within his babblings there is more truth than he knows, or than the audience knows. Like "The Others" and "The Sixth Sense" and "Fight Club", a basic premise changes in the middle of the picture, and all that you thought was true changes.

The movie has a great performance, almost a solo performance, by Denis Leary. He place a variation on the Denis Leary fast-talking wiseguy character, but his perceptions and body language carry the movie. Everyone else is so underplayed, they are not worth mentioning.

This is mostly a one-set movie. It would work as well or better on stage. It's a brave choice for Campbell Scott for his first solo-directed movie. I recently saw Lumet's 12 Angry Men, and Scott is not nearly as adept at portraying claustrophobia as Lumet. But ultimately, the movie is frightening, it's poignant, and it works. But it's also a downer. See it on Christmas Day.

I saw this movie twice, in a theater. I saw it the first time due to my fondness for both stars, and ended up loving it so much I went back 3 days later. There's not much sign of Leary's usual persona- he's excellent as a dazed & confused but maybe not all that delusional patient. I liked Hope Davis in it, too, but Leary was really the center, and the film keeps you guessing as to how accurate his memories are, and his paranoia. The end is so simple and yet one of the most emotionally powerful & devastating I've ever seen. It's a pity more people haven't seen this. It shows what you can do with a bare minimum of scenery/sets but also a great script with actors up to the task....

A reasonably well-orchestrated mind game film, with the sanity of the patient the burning question throughout. Issues of morality are dealt with quickly, however, leaving me with the feeling that a more thorough denouement would have helped the film overall.

I can understand why viewers expecting an action-fest would rate this kind of low -- it's very lingering, and all the action is internal to the characters. And that works, for this story.

"Final" tells of an institutionalized man (Leary) and his psychiatrist (Davis) who sort through his confused mental state only to find the aberrations are more outside his mind than in it. An unfortunate film with much unrealized potential, "Final" starts slow, builds slow, and then fizzles. What could have been a darkish psychodrama or a gleaming love story becomes, in the "Final" analysis, little more than excessive tedium in spite of the best efforts of two well cast actors. Recommended only as a last resort for the bored channel surfer or fans of the players. (D+)

Sunday afternoon while channel surfing, I happened into this film in media res, and I couldn't tear myself away. I haven't been a big fan of Denis Leary, but then I hadn't seen him doing much of anything other than making an ass of himself before -- or at least that's the impression I've been left with.

I found myself being pulled farther and farther into this film, though, trying to figure out what was going on, trying to figure out if I'd know what was going on if I'd seen it from the beginning.

In the end, it's a twisty little plot question which is used as the string which draws you towards the two central characters and gets you to watch them. The film is theirs. There's lots of flashing back and confusing people and scenes across time which are effective, but it's the development of the relationship between the two central characters which is the movie. I recommend it.

Honestly at first the idea for the film does not sink in, you don't get the whole outline of what to expect from this film simply by tuning in and not paying attention. There is a brief moment where they let you know what type of a world they are living in. Denis Learvy and Hope Davis (Myth of Fingerprints, love that movie) give a great performance in an off-broadway type stage performance, if there was an adaptation from or to the theatre it would be seemless as there is nothing more than a room and their dialogue. Shockingly impressive performance from Leary who simply blew my stereotype of him away. Must see movie if you enjoy the concept the movie has to offer, I won't spoil it for anyone who has not seen it but it's a good one.

Odd, odd movie. It's a movie defined by the last twenty or so minutes. If those last twenty minutes had gone in a different direction it would have been an entirely different movie, though I'm not sure if it would have been a better one.

I caught it on TV and it was interesting enough to make me keep watching, so I guess that says something. I don't know what my feeling about it would have been if I had rented it instead, but I think it's worth watching. Yeah, I guess I'd recommend it. If you're feeling in the mood for a decent small-budget movie then check this out. I can't really talk about it too much without giving away the ending, which is pretty daring for a psycho-drama... if you can define the movie this way.

I guess I don't have much more to say without going in more circles. Check the movie out and then I can really talk about it. Yeah, but at least check it out, although I'm guessing your only gonna be reading this if you've already seen it.

Although Denis Leary, the male lead, and Jim Gaffigan, who plays a prominent supporting role, are best known as professional comedians, make no mistake. This is a fine, science fiction drama.

The movie is driven by the dialog and the slowly unfolding plot of a great screenplay. There are essentially no special effects other than the flashbacks, and they are really more a product of good editing. The story is compelling and captivating, pulling you along as the larger plot points are revealed.

I'm sure this movie made no real box office, but it is absolutely worth the rental. Leary is shockingly good in this movie and proves that he has the acting chops of an Oscar winner. Davis' performance is solid, but very demure. One could argue that she had a supporting role instead of the female lead. Although Gaffigan has a lot of screen-time, he does not have much dialog. Regardless, Gaffigan delivers a stalwart and believable performance.

A movie to be avoided at all costs. This writer (Bruce McIntosh) must be forbidden from being in the same room with pencil or keyboard ever again. What came over director, poor Campbell Scott? Big Night was a delight, so was Day Trippers. Maybe the exquisite lousiness of this script putrefied his brain with septic ineptitude? What a waste of two good actors. Altogether a fetid offense of a film. Gangrenous story, nauseous dialogue, and worst of all: interminably, forehead-disfiguringly, butt-bendingly BORING.

Many people would not like this movie because so much of what is going on is never revealed. In a way the situation even seems a trifle contrived. Had the same story been done in standard big Hollywood fashion, there would have been special effects of the freezing and other SGI's galore. More attention would have been paid to the background situation and not just the main two characters.

I am very glad that this movie was not done that way. Hope Davis and Denis Leary do an amazing job in this film. Usually known for his caustic small screen/comedy special personality, Leary plays a man who lost everything in his life, and his sense of reality. He does an excellent job, particularly early in the movie, establishing a man on the verge of breakdown. Hope Davis plays his therapist. She portrays a soulful character who is stuck in an incredibly difficult position.

Together they have great chemistry that isn't forced. The love that blossoms between them is the obviously dictated by the story, but in seems to unfold naturally. Early on they spar verbally, but eventually start to trust each other. When the finale rolls around, the scene doesn't seem forced but rather is poignant. And although Davis really sells the finale, Leary also does a fine job.

Again, this movie is not for everyone, but many will appreciate it.

I always knew Dennis could act. He just never had material this good. There is no action in this film, about 80% of the film is in one room. But this is a well written, that is well acted. It's not easy to see where this film is going. I can recommend it enough to some who liked a film like My Dinner with Andre'. Not that there is any similarity in story, but if you can enjoy a film that's strongly driven by the writing and acting, you'll like this film. And if you can't do that don't watch this, I don't want you writing a bad review if you don't like it, and possibly turning someone

off.