i'm thinking of ending things

Name: i'm thinking of ending things
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Horror
Released: September 4, 2020
Duration: 134 min
Rating: 78
Cast: Abby Quinn, Anthony Robert Grasso, Ashlyn Alessi, Colby Minifie, David Thewlis

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Netflix | Release Date (Streaming): September 4, 2020 | R

Starring: Abby Quinn, Anthony Robert Grasso, Ashlyn Alessi, Colby Minifie, David Thewlis, Gus Birney, Guy Boyd, Hadley Robinson, Jason Ralph, Jesse Plemons, Jessie Buckley, Teddy Coluca, Toni Collette

Summary: Despite second thoughts about their relationship, a young woman (Jessie Buckley) takes a road trip with her new boyfriend (Jesse Plemons) to his family farm. Trapped at the farm during a snowstorm with Jake’s mother (Toni Collette) and father (David Thewlis), the young woman begins to question the nature of everything she knew or understoodDespite second thoughts about their relationship, a young woman (Jessie Buckley) takes a road trip with her new boyfriend (Jesse Plemons) to his family farm. Trapped at the farm during a snowstorm with Jake’s mother (Toni Collette) and father (David Thewlis), the young woman begins to question the nature of everything she knew or understood about her boyfriend, herself, and the world.… Expand

Director: Charlie Kaufman

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller, Horror

Rating: R

Runtime: 134 min

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The Telegraph Tim Robey

Sep 3, 2020

[Kaufman's] film leaves your head spinning. Read full review

Chris Evangelista

Aug 27, 2020

It’s a beautiful, strange terrarium of a film, inviting us to gaze through the glass and wonder what’s going on underneath. Just as funny and creepy as it needs to be, the film is Kaufman at the top of his game, firing on all cylinders. A master of his own unique, unclassifiable craft. Read full review

Peter Travers

Sep 18, 2020

If, like me, you enjoy challenges that are emotionally rewarding to puzzle out, then I'm Thinking of Ending Things ranks with the year's best movies. Read full review

David Rooney

Aug 27, 2020

On many levels it's a bold, brilliant work, uncompromising in its darkness and distinguished by rigorously committed performances from a superb principal cast. Yet in many fundamental ways, the movie is frustrating; it's frequently a hard slog, as distancing as it is illuminating. Read full review

Tim Grierson

Sep 12, 2020

Some may be frustrated that Kaufman leaves viewers to figure out his ultimately puzzling narrative, but this film’s entrancing strangeness begins to assert a hallucinogenic hold. Even if the roads are sometimes treacherous, they’re well worth exploring. Read full review

Michael Phillips

Aug 27, 2020

It’s frustrating, although I’m grateful Kaufman didn’t simply film the book as written. The actors couldn’t be better attuned to the nervous system of this universe. Read full review

Mick LaSalle

Sep 3, 2020

The movie asks us to wonder what’s real and what’s false, and what it all means. But it goes on for 134 minutes without ever giving viewers a reason to keep watching. Few Netflix customers will make it all the way to the end, and even fewer will be glad they did. Read full review

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soumajit

Sep 4, 2020

Kaufman's least accessible film but still engaging in a weird manner. May be after multiple watches it should be clear for me.

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csulasiris

Dec 10, 2021

Great performances, great direction, great script. One of the most rewarding movies I've seen in the last ten years. A thoughtful exploration of the fear of age, death, and opportunities missed - by turns horrific and achingly melancholy.

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mstivers

Sep 6, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Charlie Kaufman is one of our greatest creators of movies, and this is his most Kaufmanesque movie. It's a beautiful puzzle. You can enjoy teasing out the meaning, or you can just bask in the surreal, unsettling atmosphere. There are many cultural references which add to the meaning. For example, the dream ballet and song at the end are both taken from "Oklahoma!" and draw a parallel between Jake and the character of Jud, who are both outsiders who fantasize about a relationship with a woman who isn't interested. And the prize acceptance speech is from "A Beautiful Mind", about a brilliant man who created an imaginary friend. And so on.… Expand

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Danrdg

Sep 16, 2020

O filme é tão confuso que por pouco não me fez perder o interesse, o que é o maior perigo nesse tipo de filme. mas o elenco, os momentos totalmente malucos e bonitos visualmente me fizeram mergulhar nessa viajem que embrulha o cérebro.

No fim é um filme que ao acabar você vai querer saberO filme é tão confuso que por pouco não me fez perder o interesse, o que é o maior perigo nesse tipo de filme. mas o elenco, os momentos totalmente malucos e bonitos visualmente me fizeram mergulhar nessa viajem que embrulha o cérebro.

No fim é um filme que ao acabar você vai querer saber tudo e procurar coisas a respeito, ou odiar completamente e chorar pelo tempo perdido. Eu fui atrás e foi um exercício bastante satisfatório.… Expand

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Quelhas

Sep 9, 2020

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I am very, very sorry I couldn't understand this movie in its fullness. I could relate to one thing or two, specially in understanding and be empathetic to a lot of emotions represented by the characters, specially on the human impotence with regard to life in general and the degradation of the mind and body. Probably my interpretation is wrong, but I thought I was starting to understand something when I was realizing that she was having the main perspective of the temporal line, watching all the phases of Jake's parents. Can relate as well the disconcerting feeling of ending a boring relationship, and loosing our minds trying to figuring out the meaning of life. The movie reached one point that I lost the meaning of it, and its interest. It would be better if it had a more solid story line.… Expand

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Mattyice

Sep 20, 2020

I'm Thinking of Ending Things is a thoroughly unenjoyable, pretentious, and downright infuriating movie if you do not know what the film is attempting to say or go in expecting anything containing a true narrative. I'll give the film credit for its great cinematography and editing style, asI'm Thinking of Ending Things is a thoroughly unenjoyable, pretentious, and downright infuriating movie if you do not know what the film is attempting to say or go in expecting anything containing a true narrative. I'll give the film credit for its great cinematography and editing style, as well as its neat (albeit hamfisted at points) ideas regarding perception of the world through different eyes and timeframes in one's life. However, writer/director Charlie Kaufman works best when he combines fantastic ideas with an entertaining and/or intriguing narrative, as shown in Adaptation and Eternal Sunshine. The narrative of this film is completely absurdist yet also horrendously tedious to drag through, the dialogue is extremely inauthentic and as chi-chi as any that I've heard in any film lately, and the film is almost completely humorless and morbid at every step of the way. I can give Kaufman some attempt of praise for pushing the creative boundaries and new ideas of film, however, he continues to sacrifice narrative, character, and sheer entertainment value, which creates grueling and punishing movie experiences I do not wish to experience again, nor reccomend to others.… Expand

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Masterkilla

Sep 9, 2020

Just because it has Charlie Kaufman name on it were supposed to believe its gonna be good, trash trash trash from beginning to end, Charlie Kaufman should never ever make another film ever again if this is the trash that's gonna have his name on it, it's more like a film that would of beenJust because it has Charlie Kaufman name on it were supposed to believe its gonna be good, trash trash trash from beginning to end, Charlie Kaufman should never ever make another film ever again if this is the trash that's gonna have his name on it, it's more like a film that would of been made for straight to DVD if this pandemic was not happening, Charlie Kaufman must be really really be in need of money to slap his name on this trash, PATHETIC… Expand

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