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Final Destination
New Line Cinema


7.2

based on 28 reviews
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MPAA RATING: R for violence and terror, and for language

Starring Devon Sawa, Seann W Scott, Ali Larter, Kerr Smith, and Chad E Donella

Death is coming and Alex Browning (Sawa) is blessed with the curse of knowing when, how and where the grim reaper will strike. (New Line Cinema)

GENRE(S):	Suspense/Thriller
WRITTEN BY:	Jeffrey Reddick (also story) Glen Morgan James Wong
DIRECTED BY:	James Wong
RELEASE DATE:	DVD: September 29, 2000 Video: September 26, 2000 Theatrical: March 17, 2000
RUNNING TIME:	97 minutes, Color
ORIGIN:	USA

All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...

Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum

An unexpectedly alert teen-scream disaster chiller.

Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas

A terrific theatrical feature debut for television veterans Glen Morgan and James Wong.

San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle

Playful and energized enough to keep an audience guessing.

Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

Will no doubt be a hit and inspire the obligatory sequels.

Seattle Post-Intelligencer Sean Axmaker

So grim and humorless that the first half almost sinks into silliness.

Baltimore Sun Chris Kaltenbach

Fitfully thrilling.

USA Today Susan Wloszczyna

Proudly stupid, silly and gory.

Variety Joe Leydon

Generates a respectable amount of suspense and takes a few unexpected turns while covering familiar territory.

New York Post Lou Lumenick

OK premise quickly deteriorates into a silly, badly acted slasher movie -- minus the slasher.

Chicago Reader Lisa Alspector

Disturbing--if less sophisticated than the best SF (science fiction)-horror TV.

New York Daily News Jami Bernard

A mediocre fright-fest.

Film.com Sean Means

It's hard to root against Death when the people involved are never brought to life in the first place.

Austin Chronicle Marjorie Baumgarten

Flawed but often entertaining teen horror flick.

TV Guide Maitland McDonagh

Serviceable enough, if you come to it with sufficiently modest expectations.

San Francisco Examiner Walter Addiego

Stupid.

Chicago Tribune Barbara Shulgasser

Meets the low standards of a mediocre TV movie.

Philadelphia Inquirer Desmond Ryan

As full of terrible acting as it is devoid of suspense.

Boston Globe Jay Carr

Starts by cheating death and ends by cheating us.

Dallas Observer Luke Y. Thompson

A waste of a decent premise.

LA Weekly Ernest Hardy

Fails because it takes itself both too seriously and not seriously enough.

Film.com John Hartl

You'll laugh, but you'll hate yourself by the time you're out of the theater.

Film.com Gemma Files

You'll definitely feel cheated -- especially when you keep on finding yourself thinking how Mulder and Scully would have handled it all.

Miami Herald Phoebe Flowers

Stoops well below substituting style for substance.

Washington Post Rita Kempley

Your own final destination just might be the box office, to demand your money back.

Newsweek Robert Cashill

Final destination? Video store bins.

The New York Times Stephen Holden

Even by the crude standards of teenage horror, Final Destination is dramatically flat.

Mr. Showbiz Kevin Maynard

Crude and witless.

TNT RoughCut Tom Cappello

Inane, irresponsible, immature, poorly written.

The average user rating for this movie is 7.2 (out of 10) based on 15 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Amurabi M. gave it a4:
A clear thing about "Final Destination" is that never tries to be taken itself seriously. the filmmakers know that this is teenage entertainment. The kind of entertainment that never appeals to our brains or our logic. This film is just a case of teenage flick mixed with a kind of horror and a lot of unvoluntary humour. "Final Destination" is just what it is: a waste of time with the shape of entertainment and with that purpose, the film works well.

Wesley E. gave it a9:
What seems like another crappy Scream rip-off actually comes across as a very good thriller. It's got plenty of gore, and while the script itself is average, the in-your-face irony is quite funny and the death scenes are complicated, bloody, inventive and very, very impressive.

Michael gave it a10:
Great movie. Very different from other horror movies. One of my favorites.

Graham M gave it a0:
Garbage, makes no sense, and is just moronic!

Alex S gave it a10:
I love it im like ooober obsessed with this movie!!!

Dave C. gave it a 2:
This film was thought provoking in that it brought numerous questions to my attention, chief of which was "what kind of morons does Hollywood take us for?".

Saer A. gave it a 9:
Final Destination will have you on the edge of your seat and will have you screaming for more.

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Final Destination
New Line Cinema