The End

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The End

TV-14

2004

1h 24m

Documentary

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18 Reviews

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Fewer than 50 Ratings

Kirby Dick intimately examines the final stages of life and the stories of five hospice patients as they prepare for the end.

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An eye-opening, if one-sided and reverential, talking-heads doc about London's "Wild East" candidly told by the hard men gangsters themselves.

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Dave Calhoun

Time Out

Inevitably, this is a sympathetic, one-sided film and its familiar perspective is a nostalgic, sometimes tiresome one that imagines a 'golden age' when grannies could leave their doors open at night.

Rated: 2/6

May 1, 2009

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James Christopher

Times (UK)

The flesh-crawling thrill is that these stories about armed robberies, ghastly fights, and grisly murders are utterly compelling.

Rated: 3/5

May 1, 2009

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Peter Bradshaw

Guardian

Intentionally or not, Nicola Collins's filmed interviews with various old-school East End geezers give us a fair idea of their sentimentality, paranoia, smugness and flashes of humour.

Rated: 2/5

May 1, 2009

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Edward Porter

Sunday Times (UK)

The film is a flavourful record of what is - as the interviewees are well aware - a vanishing culture, but it doesn't dig deep.

Rated: 3/5

May 7, 2009

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Philip French

Observer (UK)

A movie that is non-judgmental to the point of celebration.

May 7, 2009

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Ali Catterall

Film4

A deliberately distressed and scratchy documentary of talking heads, sporting the same sinister techno score and added subtitles for non-cockneys.

Rated: 3/5

May 1, 2009

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greg r

Somehow this documentary lost passion as it went along. The first three stories were heart wrenching. The last two? Elusive.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Kirby Dick

Director

Eddie Schmidt

Producer

Sheila Nevins

Executive Producer

Eddie Schmidt

Cinematographer

Matthew Clarke

Film Editing

Eddie Schmidt

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Synopsis

Kirby Dick intimately examines the final stages of life and the stories of five hospice patients as they prepare for the end.

Director: Kirby Dick
Producer: Eddie Schmidt
Rating: TV-14
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 19, 2013
Runtime: 1h 24m

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