The End

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Twenty-five years after environmental collapse left the Earth uninhabitable, Mother, Father and Son are confined to their palatial bunker, where they struggle to maintain hope and a sense of normalcy by clinging to the rituals of daily life--until the arrival of a stranger, Girl, upends their happy routine. Son, a naïve twenty-something who has never seen the outside world, is fascinated by the newcomer, and suddenly the delicate bonds of blind optimism that have held this wealthy clan together begin to fray. As tensions rise, their seemingly idyllic existence starts to crumble, with long-repressed feelings of remorse and resentment threatening to destroy the family's delicate balance. But their reckoning with difficult truths also points to a different way forward, one based on acceptance, love, and a capacity for change.

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The End doesn't lack for ambition or talent, but its bold vision is ill-served by a bloated runtime and monotonous musical score.

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Christy Lemire

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

I really wanted to like this, but the songs do not work.

Jan 17, 2025

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Elizabeth Weitzman

Time Out

Oppenheimer’s apocalyptic eccentricity is admirable for its ambition, which often feels nearly endless—as, alas, does the film itself.

Rated: 2 stars

Jan 8, 2025

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Adam Graham

Detroit News

For all its ambitions, "The End" does grow tedious, and at two and a half hours, it's overkill. But it's unsettling in ways that linger long after the end credits roll, and disturbing in what it has to say about us...

Rated: B

Dec 13, 2024

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Nathan Chizen

Exclaim!

It's what happens if we don't change.

Rated: 8/10

Jan 28, 2025

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Lisa Laman

Culturess

The End’s erratically successful creative bravura frequently charmed me.

Jan 25, 2025

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Sean P. Means

The Movie Cricket

The fact that the family that is riding out the apocalypse in director Joshua Oppenheimer’s “The End” does sing their feelings, in emotional musical numbers, adds to the absurdity of this strangely beautiful movie.

Rated: 3.5/4

Jan 18, 2025

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Dora

Confusing, and didn’t really see how the musical aspect of it was important? Great concept though.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

12/19/24

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John C

Dear god. Stay far far away.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

12/17/24

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Max

Woof, I wanted to like this movie so bad, but the singing and characters were not connecting for me.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

12/14/24

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Tim O

Weird, pretentious musical, stocked with neurotic whiners, you are dying to see smother each other with pillows... I can watch some pretty obnoxious TEOTWAWKI flicks. And I like the odd Musical. But this combo was horrific. And not in a *good* way. 2h30m better spent on something that didn't require three attempts to get to the end credits ... ✨️🔓🏆ACHIEVEMENT UNLOCKED: Slogged through to the Finish🔓✨️

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

02/19/25

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Thomas V

Unique movie and so intelligent made that it probably will divide the viewers. Most people will probably not understand it completely. The critic on this site for instance dos not understand it. (ex characters sing false sometimes because they are false in some scenes). It is a masterpiece and will become a cult film….

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/19/25

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Christopher T

People got paid real money to make this. They should not have.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/11/25

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Twenty-five years after environmental collapse left the Earth uninhabitable, Mother, Father and Son are confined to their palatial bunker, where they struggle to maintain hope and a sense of normalcy by clinging to the rituals of daily life--until the arrival of a stranger, Girl, upends their happy routine. Son, a naïve twenty-something who has never seen the outside world, is fascinated by the newcomer, and suddenly the delicate bonds of blind optimism that have held this wealthy clan together begin to fray. As tensions rise, their seemingly idyllic existence starts to crumble, with long-repressed feelings of remorse and resentment threatening to destroy the family's delicate balance. But their reckoning with difficult truths also points to a different way forward, one based on acceptance, love, and a capacity for change.

Director: Joshua Oppenheimer
Producer: Tilda Swinton, Signe Byrge Sørensen
Screenwriter: Rasmus Heisterberg, Joshua Oppenheimer
Distributor: NEON
Production Co: Final Cut for Real, The Match Factory, Wild Atlantic Pictures, Dorje Film, Moonspun Films , Anagram Sweden
Rating: R (Some Language)
Genre: Musical, Drama, Sci-Fi, Fantasy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Dec 6, 2024, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA): $137.3K
Runtime: 2h 28m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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