The End We Start From

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The End We Start From

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2024

1h 42m

Drama

Mystery & Thriller

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When an environmental crisis sees London submerged by flood waters, a young family is torn apart in the chaos. As a woman and her newborn try and find their way home, the profound novelty of motherhood is brought into sharp focus in this intimate and poetic portrayal of family survival.

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Critics Consensus

Led by Jodie Comer's gripping performance in the central role, The End We Start From offers a thoughtful, haunting look at the end of the world.

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Leila Latif

Sight & Sound

10/01/2024

The film is rarely dull in its sub-two-hour run time, sustaining our curiosity as mother Comer travels across Britain seeking refuge... There are glimmers of a bright future ahead for debut feature director Mahalia Belo.

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Tara Brady

Irish Times

10/01/2024

3/5

The film’s quiet strength, in step with Comer’s character, lies in its familiarity.

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Olly Richards

Time Out

10/01/2024

4/5

If the film ends up somewhere a little too neat, Comer makes the journey always worthwhile.

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Mary Ann Brussat

Spirituality & Practice

01/09/2025

5/5

A heart-wrenching and haunting post-apocalyptic survival film about climate change refugees.

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Francesca Steele

iNews.co.uk

12/11/2024

4/5

It’s a deceptively potent performance in a simple but well-judged and beautifully shot survival tale.

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Abe Friedtanzer

Cinema Daily US

07/23/2024

B

A film that doesn’t feel highly original yet has an urgency about it, manifested into a story of devotion and endurance.

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Johnathan B

01/22/2024

Worth a watch. Beautiful celluloid!

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Ghederick Eshmont

12/09/2023

Profoundly English & an extremely meditative study of the primal essence of protecting one’s child.

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Reel_ T

@Reel_Talk 1d

Entitled mother endangers the life of her child and steals car leaving owners stranded all because she's stir-crazy in her safe haven "Commune" with abundant-food, babies and other mothers. The tone and pacing of the film is sped up and undercuts the deep philosophical meditation of the book rendering it a popcorn flick, rather than a profound existential story. The mother's selfish and impulsive behaviour to return to the ruins of her home amid dangerous mobs and no food sources would be understandable if she had never found an idyllic Commune with plentiful food. As a mother I find her actions disgusting, selfish and immoral. A completely implausible story that becomes even more implausible as the movie progresses.

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Paul K

@CubanK Mar 7

I'm glad I didn't watch this late at night as I'd have nodded off. Looking at the cast I thought this'll be a cracker but unfortunately it didn't get going and so it didn't even peter out. This could have been shown in 15 minutes with the same intensity and result. A pity really as this could have had potential; maybe channel 5 could make a 10 parter out of it ha ha.

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Lucile F

@lucile_fl Jan 7

The end we start from is essentially an attempt to create a realistic end-of-the-world film, without all the added on Hollywood drama. In that sense, it is pretty successful - the acting is pretty tame, there aren’t any crazy plot twists and turns, and it doesn’t end in an absolute shit show. However, without all of those things, the outcome is a very slow film that lacks depth and substance. Nothing much actually happens, it is quite a bore.

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Nicolee A

@RT24210402 Oct 11

Really good movie! Jodie Comer is amazing in it. It made me feel every emotion possible.

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Synopsis

When an environmental crisis sees London submerged by flood waters, a young family is torn apart in the chaos. As a woman and her newborn try and find their way home, the profound novelty of motherhood is brought into sharp focus in this intimate and poetic portrayal of family survival.

Director: Mahalia Belo
Producer: Leah Clarke, Liza Marshall, Adam Ackland, Amy Jackson, Sophie Hunter
Screenwriter: Alice Birch
Distributor: Republic Pictures
Production Co: BFI Film Fund, BBC Film, Anton
Rating: R (Some Sexual Content and Nudity|Language)
Genre: Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 19, 2024, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 6, 2024
Runtime: 1h 42m