The End

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The End

R

Released Dec 6, 2024

2h 28m

Musical

Drama

Sci-Fi

Fantasy

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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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Critics Consensus

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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Mark Kermode

Kermode and Mayo's Take (YouTube)

Joshua Oppenheimer is not afraid of a challenge... the same is true of George MacKay.

Apr 4, 2025

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Nick Howells

London Evening Standard

The whole enterprise is weirdly compelling and oddly flat at the same time. And those tunes? Showstoppers? Not quite, although by the end, their deliberately old-fashioned hokeyness grows on you.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 4, 2025

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Robbie Collin

Daily Telegraph (UK)

It’s all meaty stuff for a think piece, but rather less swallowable as a film.

Rated: 2/5

Apr 4, 2025

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Javier Ocaña

El Pais (Spain)

It's a mournful post-apocalyptic musical with an ecological undertone, which could have been a brave attempt at the unconventional, but instead ends up in a narrative uphill battle...[Full review in Spanish]

Apr 25, 2025

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Nuria Vidal

Cinemanía (Spain)

The End is a very formally risky film, with a deep critical charge of society and class differences. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 3/5

Apr 24, 2025

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Desirée De Fez

Fotogramas

[The End is] a film about representation...and, with musical numbers, dialogue, and performances that are completely off the grid, distorts any obvious idea about the fear of the future. [Full review in Spanish]

Rated: 4/5

Apr 24, 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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Maurice R

Why, just why did anyone green light this boring, bloated movie especially with such a non-melodic bunch of, dare I even say it, “songs” adding absolutely nothing to the story. As for the noble cast, how did the director, Joshua Oppenheimer, get the two a-list stars, Tilda Swinton and Michael Shannon, to join? Neither actor can sing though their acting capabilities are well known. As for the rest of the cast, they’re clearly competent so why did they agree to participate in this weak script? Please make a movie about how exactly this failure of a movie was put together. Now that’s a movie maybe I’d like to watch. The End should have ended right at the title. Next time, Mr Director, remember to entertain us, not make us waste our time and money and run out of the theater.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

04/30/25

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Philip H

This film committed the worst crime a film can commit: it bored me. Random scenes slapped together with duct tape and paperclips, dull songs and characters that I didn’t connect with at all. Ugh. Avoid it like the plague.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

04/22/25

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Jean A

Some great cinematography and very good performances. The musical score was surprisingly tuneful. Plot confusing, bit pretentious

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

04/01/25

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Synopsis

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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