How It Ends

Name: How It Ends
Genre: Comedy
Released: July 20, 2021
Duration: 82 min
Rating: 57
Cast: Bobby Lee, Cailee Spaeny, Finn Wolfhard, Fred Armisen, Glenn Howerton

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American International Pictures | Release Date: July 20, 2021 | Not Rated

Starring: Bobby Lee, Cailee Spaeny, Finn Wolfhard, Fred Armisen, Glenn Howerton, Logan Marshall-Green, Nick Kroll, Tawny Newsome, Whitney Cummings, Zoe Lister Jones

Summary: Freewheeling Liza (Zoe Lister-Jones) scores an invite to one last wild party before the world ends. But making it there won’t be easy, after her car is stolen, and the clock is ticking on her plan to tie up loose ends with friends and family. Accompanied by her younger self (Cailee Spaeny), Liza embarks on a hilarious journey across LosFreewheeling Liza (Zoe Lister-Jones) scores an invite to one last wild party before the world ends. But making it there won’t be easy, after her car is stolen, and the clock is ticking on her plan to tie up loose ends with friends and family. Accompanied by her younger self (Cailee Spaeny), Liza embarks on a hilarious journey across Los Angeles, running into an eclectic cast of characters.… Expand

Director: Daryl Wein and Zoe Lister Jones

Genre(s): Comedy

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 82 min

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IndieWire Kate Erbland

Jan 31, 2021

The pandemic spawned plenty of run-and-gun projects. Many of them chart the circumstances that made them possible, but Wein and Lister-Jones’ winsome spin on a well-trod concept is as fresh and funny as anything inspired by the last few wretched months. Read full review

Michael Ordona

Jul 19, 2021

How It Ends works both as an alternative to the usual, race-against-time or humanity-sucks apocalypse dramas, and as a personal exploration of settling affairs — and it’s a comedy. Read full review

John DeFore

Jan 31, 2021

It's more breezy than bittersweet, more about acceptance and forgiveness than a movie made in 2020 has any right to be. Read full review

Ferdosa Abdi

Jul 23, 2021

How It Ends is a quirky and grounded indie feature about facing one's issues head-on when the world is about to be destroyed by an asteroid. Read full review

The Film Stage Jake Kring-Schreifels

Jan 31, 2021

You need some urgency and momentum to carry a movie like this. The incoming armageddon, occasionally seen as a small CGI blip in the blue sky, doesn’t have it. But as the day ends, Lister-Jones and Spaeny have enough chemistry to supply the real drama. Read full review

Tim Grierson

Jan 31, 2021

Lister-Jones gives a heartfelt performance as this unhappy woman coming to terms with her disappointments, and she’s assisted by Cailee Spaeny as her character’s younger self. But the slim story and wobbly execution ultimately undermine some deft observations about depression, forgiveness and the inner child who needs to be heard. Read full review

The Playlist Jessica Kiang

Jan 31, 2021

“How It Ends” is not actually an end-of-the-world film at all; here, the Apocalypse is just a well-shucks excuse for a bunch of yak sessions between goofy (but attractive!) oddballs doing quirky shit and Speaking Their Truths on an accelerated timeframe. With all due apologies to the plants, animals, and 7.5bn other souls about to be incinerated in a doomsday fireball, #teammeteor. Read full review

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Aug 2, 2021

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adjective, worse, worst;(Slang) bad·der, bad·dest for 36.
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mickrussom

Jan 22, 2022

this pile of garbage is so bad you would think humanity deserves the end portrayed in the movie. these people are soulless vacuous empty los angeles pedowood plastic drugged out people. the universe would be far better off without all these people and los angeles. as tool sang/screamed aboutthis pile of garbage is so bad you would think humanity deserves the end portrayed in the movie. these people are soulless vacuous empty los angeles pedowood plastic drugged out people. the universe would be far better off without all these people and los angeles. as tool sang/screamed about in Ænema, learn to swim. i lived in the people's republic of california at one time and seeing this reminds me that being as far away from those demented people was the best decision.… Expand

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