2015 Directed by James Ponsoldt
The story of the five-day interview between Rolling Stone reporter David Lipsky and acclaimed novelist David Foster Wallace, which took place right after the 1996 publication of Wallace's groundbreaking epic novel, 'Infinite Jest.'
There can be great joy in seeing yourself onscreen. And there can be pain as well.
In The End of the Tour, Jesse Eisenberg plays a writer named David Lipsky. He has a full-time job at Rolling Stone, and he’s just published a novel. By most standard definitions, he would be considered "successful." But his novel’s gone mostly unnoticed and writing boy band profiles isn’t exactly fulfilling. Something’s missing.
When David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest, published around the same time as Lipsky’s own novel, becomes a critical sensation, he reacts with skepticism at his rival’s achievement. Then he reads that achievement for himself. When he does, director James Ponsoldt holds on a long shot of Eisenberg sitting on Lipsky’s couch,…
81/100
The End of the Tour is an intimate and delicate exploration of artists, their motivations, and their various influences on aspects of fame, ego, and relationships. With the perfect modern romance The Spectacular Now within his relatively-slim filmography, James Ponsoldt has already set a high-bar in regards to expectations, but I can happily report that my predictions for The End of the Tour came true. This is a beautiful film.
Supported by two stunning performances, The End of the Tour succeeds so brilliantly because of the rapid-fire and supremely naturalistic screenplay, allowing substantial character depth and richness to be drawn from the pages. Jason Segel is the most talked-about aspect here, and for good reason. His portrayal of David…
50/100
Nashville Scene review. One tiny thing I couldn't possibly find a way to fit into it, but which will probably be what I'll recall most vividly about this rather mundane film in years to come: Wallace puts Murmur on at his house, and we actually hear the album play as he and Lipsky talk. As in, "Perfect Circle" ends and then "Catapult," which is in fact the next song, begins. Whether because of rights issues or just because dialogue scenes rarely run long enough, hearing two consecutive songs from the same album—commonplace in real life—almost never happens in movies. In fact, I can't remember another example offhand, which is why it jumped out at me. A meaningless touch, perhaps, but welcome nonetheless.
Spectators who enjoyed this film may also enjoy:
-My Dinner With Andre
-Before Midnight
-Nekromantik
-2 hours of defocused images of snow accompanied by introspective ambient synths
-Placing the Blu-ray on a shelf next to This Is Water and none of David Foster Wallace's significant works
-Imagining David Lipsky falling down an industrial staircase that descends infinitely into the void
It’s always a bit shameful to watch a movie about how watching movies could be detrimental to your mental health (and thus bodily/overall health). The End of the Tour is openly critical of itself, which seems contradictory as a piece of entertainment. How does a viewer watch this and not also feel some sort of critical error within themselves? But sometimes we need to be reminded that we actually need to live, and do things in the world, instead of just sitting in front of a screen and watching something. David Foster Wallace had a mind that could see the dark, hidden nuances in consumerism, and entertainment, and future technology (and like a bunch of other stuff), and how all…
I continue to love this movie. Its gentle and honest: something that is sincerely lacking in others like it.
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Really did justice to a subject that is near and dear to my heart.
Jason Segal really surprised me.
Loooong, documentary-like shots. I greatly enjoyed it. Kinda like Disaster Artist in that, all it really needed to do was milk the relationship between these two guys. It does that and more. DFW is an interesting guy, and this movie really gives his character full room to breathe.
my high school film teacher made us watch this and as a freshman with no exposure to dfw u KNOW i went and bought infinite jest. the movie was pretty okay but i hated the book
Jesse Eisenberg's great as usual and Jason Segel's okay.
The film follows Jesse's character, David, interviewing another David who's a writer of an acclaimed book.
The film is filled with dialogue, didn't expect that but the chemistry between Eisenberg and Segel didn't make this film drown to the sea.
it has it's moments...
Pacing issues here and there but it's alright
Segel is incredible in this. So raw and fragile, I could watch these two talk for another hour!
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