I'm Thinking of Ending Things

2020 Directed by Charlie Kaufman

Nothing is as it seems when a woman experiencing misgivings about her new boyfriend joins him on a road trip to meet his parents at their remote farm.

Jessie Buckley Jesse Plemons Toni Collette David Thewlis Guy Boyd Colby Minifie Hadley Robinson Gus Birney Abby Quinn Anthony Grasso Teddy Coluca Jason Ralph Oliver Platt Fredrick Wodin Ryan Steele Unity Phelan Dj Nino Carta Austin Ferris Dannielle Rose Monica Ayres James Glorioso Jr.

Alternative Titles

Pienso en el final, 이제 그만 끝낼까 해, Думаю, как всё закончить

drama

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Review by demi adejuyigbe 78

Too dumb to understand this. Said as much out loud when the movie ended and my friends confidently explained the synopsis, and I literally did not pick up on any of it. Felt like I was listening to freeform jazz only to have the lights come on and see everybody crying. It sure felt like a nice movie though! Everyone’s just bringing their A game here. Buckley is such a talent, and Toni Collette is one of the funniest actors we have.
Maybe one day I will read one (1) book and my brain will have swollen enough to come back to this and understand everything– much like Keanu Reeves in the popular film Matrix! Now that’s a movie. Bullet go slow... he do karate... what if life was a computer... what if the sky was green... freacking epic :) I’m thinking of rewatching things! Things meaning Keanu movies!!! People keep askin’ if I’m ending things... yeah, I’m thinkin’ I’m ending things!!!
Review by brat pitt ★★★★½ 54

while iain reid's novel extracts horror from blood and dread, charlie kaufman's interpretation extracts it from existentialism, from the unavoidability of aging, from the unease of being perceived, from the eeriness permeating the claustrophobic atmosphere. they both tell the same story in completely different ways, which is exactly what a book-to-film adaptation should aim to do.
in the book, there's a fascinating passage about how humans need allegory and metaphor in order to more comprehensively understand the world around us. this is the most central idea of the film, i think: our tendency to tell ourselves stories in order to live (a personal fav sub-genre of mine, thank you joan didion). especially as it seems to function as an unexpected…
Review by Karsten Runquist ★★★★½ 93

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Had to pee for most of this but luckily this movie convinced me that the moment I had to pee happened 60 years ago so I’m good. And also my pants are SOAKED!
Review by Morgan ½ 281

I’m Thinking of Ending My Netflix Subscription
Review by Jitender ★★★★★ 31

there's a lot of movie in this movie
Review by davidehrlich ★★★★½ 76

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She’s thinking of ending things. Whatever her name is. Lucy? Louisa? “The Young Woman,” as star Jessie Buckley is listed in the credits? It changes like the weather or the color of her winter coat, brazenly and yet in a way that you don’t really notice until it starts to snow. His name is Jake — it’s always Jake (Jesse Plemons). They’ve only been dating for about seven weeks, though seven weeks can be long enough to crystallize into its own kind of forever. He’s driving her deep into farm country in order to meet his parents, and she’s perverse enough to go along for the ride, even if she can’t shake the feeling that the two of them are…
Review by michaelpdf ★★★★★ 22

how many times does toni collette have to scream before y'all finally give her the oscar
Review by ethan ★★★★ 10

i can almost feel the sexual tension between male directors and time...... so hot 😍😍😍
Review by James (Schaffrillas) ★★★★★ 34

Every single line of dialogue in this movie is entirely deliberate, a piece of an exceedingly intricate puzzle that you slowly start to piece together over the course of the film's runtime. Shockingly, at no point does it become tedious, repetitive, or boring. It's a genuine thrill to see how even the most mundane conversation can be warped into something far more important and meaningful over time.
I can't even begin to process how deeply this movie affected me. I outright sobbed at multiple intervals, even though I legitimately had no idea what was going on in the story. Many people will view this movie the same way Jake's dad views abstract art: nothing more than an empty mess devoid of any true meaning. However, I consider this unabashedly bizarre masterpiece to be one of the most profound, genius (not genus) works of art I've ever experienced.
It almost makes me want to give the musical Oklahoma another chance. Almost.
Review by justmiaslife ★★★★½ 16

He's done it again. Charlie Kaufman proved once more that he is one of the most genius (you'll get that if you've seen the movie) screenwriters working today. Just admire him for the fact that you always identify with his chronically insecure narrators, while mastering blending reality and fiction together. A movie that you can watch over and over again and endlessly theorize about what it means and what it has to say. And these are my favourite kind of films to watch!
It's utterly fascinating and remarkable. And deservingly the best film of the year so far! The screenplay is just incredible. Treat yourself and watch it as soon as possible!
Review by brandon ★★ 59

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really wanted to like this, i usually like kaufman and i thought it looked good but he spends the entire film briefly presenting these new philosophical ideas through his tedious dialogue yet never expands on these ideas. one minute he’s talking about existentialism and time, then about female liberation and feminism, then about unreciprocated love/relationships, then about death and aging, then about how desires and fantasies of the impossible (think of simping) can affect you. i’m well aware he tends to try juggling a lot of ideas with subtext and metaphors, but it doesn’t even feel like he tried making something meaningful from this. everything even slightly interesting is put on the backburner for an “epic charlie kaufman mindfuck moment”…
Review by megan ✿ ★★★★★ 5

YES surrealist, existentialist, poetic, incomprehensible, philosophical DREAD... SHOVE IT UP MY ASS CHARLIE KAUFMAN

Recent reviews

Review by Mauricio Rodríguez ★★★

Mucho ruido y pocas nueces
Review by nheetland ★★★★½

love a good death allegory. I thought the movie was almost over when I saw there was almost an hour left
Review by Brooke ★★★

This was interesting...I really like the book so at first I was bummed about the differences but I think I might find I like this movie more on a rewatch when I can notice everything I didn't the first time. Also maybe after seeing the musical Oklahoma to appreciate those references more. Think I'll still be missing the ending from the book though :/
Review by TheaSass ★★

Like every bad film class with every pretentious film bro —- overwrought as all hell and indecipherable
Review by Mustafa Jasim ★★★★½

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“Everything wants to live Jake, even fake crappy movie ideas want to live!”
**I didn’t read the book and this review is based on what I saw from the picture only**
- I love to start with the things that any viewer can appreciate.. the technical things and I have to say it was amazingly done from cinematography to production design, colors, and music, etc. Unfortunately, I see a lot of people giving bad ratings to movies all the time just because they didn’t understand them and that’s not fair for the technical work!
- The story was very complicated in the beginning but going forward in the story made a lot of things obvious for me. For example, I…
Review by isabellamaries ★★★

what.
Review by Piper Cole ★★★★

toni collette proving once again that she has the range!!!!
worth noting that this was billed to me as a horror movie, which, after watching, i’m realizing was absolutely critical to my enjoyment of the film. docked half a star for each time jesse plemmons burst into song, re-awarded for another absolutely unhinged performance from ms collette
Review by steelsker ★★½

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Well, this was at the very least the most perplexing film I’ve seen in a while, though I’m not entirely sure it’s in a good way. While the visuals, tone and performances kept me watching, the film is pulled down by sequences that are either ponderous bores or are visually absurd enough to take me out of it. I get the broad themes, but there’s just not enough of a coherent, narrative throughline to latch on to. The fact that the characters’ identities and deeds keep changing doesn’t help. Perplexing, but I doubt it will stay with me enough to merit a rewatch.
Review by Zoso Narciso ★★★★★

I'm thinking of ending...2020.
This is the best film of 2020.
Review by BennettO ★★★★½

I REALLY enjoyed this. It’s a little messy but I can tell Kaufman knows what he’s doing. 9/10
Review by Ashley ★★★★★

Alright it’s been over a week since I watched it and I still haven’t stopped thinking about it. I still don’t understand most of it but again, I think that’s the point. And it’s done a wonderful job at staying stuck in my head, which I think makes it worthy of five stars.
Review by Blaize ★★★½

I'm giving it bonus points for being really, really, really freaking weird, which is a plus in my book. It's also a nice change of pace, watching a movie that tells its story without any violence (especially unique for a... horror... movie?). I was bothered by all the CGI snow, but there is a hell of a lot of snow in the movie, so I get it.
I also wholeheartedly loved the third act! I just wish it wasn't preceded by an hour and a half of really, really, really pretentious dialog and narration. I eventually did understand why the two main characters are able to be such wet blankets, but it doesn't take away all the eye-rolling I did.…