'Cut's' Social Commentary Needs Trim ; Even Robin Williams Falls Flat in Sci-Fi Drama

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"The Final Cut," a debut feature from a young Lebanese-American filmmaker named Omar Naim, showcases Robin Williams as yet another mentally troubled character.

He was effective as the menace in Christopher Nolan's "Insomnia" and the obsessive, lovelorn clerk in "One Hour Photo," but the statute of similarities tolls "Enough, already" for both actor and property during "Final Cut."

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'Cut's' Social Commentary Needs Trim ; Even Robin Williams Falls Flat in Sci-Fi Drama

A futuristic spirit-sinker, "Cut" envisions the spread and abuse of subjective video recording devices, called Zoe implants, inserted in the brains of unbor...

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