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Releasing on Dec 6, 2024
- 2024
- Neon
- 2 h 28 m
- 2024
- Neon
- 2 h 28 m
Directed By: Joshua Oppenheimer
Written By: Rasmus Heisterberg, Joshua Oppenheimer
- 2024
- Neon
- 2 h 28 m
- 2024
- Neon
- 2 h 28 m
The End
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Directed By: Joshua Oppenheimer
Written By: Rasmus Heisterberg, Joshua Oppenheimer
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 17 Critic Reviews
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59% Positive
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
41% Mixed
7 Reviews
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 17 Critic Reviews
70
59% Positive
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
41% Mixed
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
A mixture of domestic drama, apocalyptic fable and old-fashioned (and unironic) Hollywood musical, The End is an audacious and frequently enrapturing experience, with superb performances at its emotional heart.
With his maiden foray into drama, the writer/director continues to prove himself one of modern cinema’s true greats.
In truth, the movie can be pretty ridiculous, too, with its wild ambition sometimes coming across as a little foolhardy. But overreaching might be the whole point of The End, which offers an end-times prescription for living: Hold the fantasy together as long as you can. And when in doubt, sing.
The End requires complete submission to the off-kilter rules that govern this family and to Oppenheimer’s ambitions to radicalize the musical genre. It’s an admirable if uneven endeavor.
The End’s major downfall, aside from being overlong and ideologically tepid, is that its musical numbers are dull and discordant.
The End is a bold swing, and I’m glad it exists. But for all the stuff it throws at us, the film is frustratingly, wearingly one-note.
There may never be another film like The End, and that alone makes it special, though surely all involved would prefer for it to be seen. As it is, the film feels like an obtuse missive, hidden in plain sight, just waiting for intrepid seekers to unearth it.
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Production Company
Final Cut for Real,
The Match Factory,
Wild Atlantic Pictures,
Dorje Film,
Moonspun Films,
Ministero della Cultura (MiC),
Det Danske Filminstitut,
Den Vestdanske Filmpulje,
FilmFyn,
Film- und Medienstiftung NRW,
Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung (MDM),
Fís Éireann / Screen Ireland,
Global Screen Fund,
Svenska Filminstitutet (SFI),
Film i Skåne,
Nordisk Film & TV-Fond,
Sicilia Film Commission,
Anagram,
Bertha Doc Society Journalism Fund,
Bray's Run Productions,
Finite Films and TV,
Iambic Dream Films,
Making Movies Oy,
Shoni Productions,
The End MFP
Release Date Dec 6, 2024
Duration 2 h 28 m
Awards
San Sebastián International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
Chicago International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination