![]() ![]() This past couple of weeks seem to have been an exercise in watching films by creators with whom I have very mixed relationships. With his new film, Charlie Kaufman again proves that if you want something to make you feel trapped in a terrifying claustrophobic nightmare for ever and ever. (And that star Jessie Buckley is a force of nature.) "I'm Thinking of Ending Things" proves that Charlie Kaufman's vision as a director is equal to his creativity as a screenwriter. Meanwhile, I'll post some short reviews on the movie. First reviews have just come out but nothing yet on metacritic or rottentomatoes. Still, you may find yourself wishing Kaufman had ended things - meaning, this two-hour-plus movie - a little sooner.Rotten Tomatoes: 85% (20 reviews) with N/A in average ratingĪs with other movies, the scores are set to change as time passes. Toni Collette and David Thewlis are perfect as the weirdo parents. ![]() The talented lead actors, Jessie Buckley and Jesse Plemons, take their roles seriously and keep you engaged, which is lucky considering there are 20-minute sequences of just them talking in a car. Despite all that, you get the sense that the film is more about a mood (an ominous malaise, also skillfully captured visually) than a clear message. Also, it may suggest hell is high school, or maybe watching a high school musical. I'm Thinking of Ending Things ponders the bending of time, the glorification of youth and beauty, the relevance of poetry in our lives, feminist readings of classic films and songs, dating and relationships, political correctness, and, if you can believe it, more. universality in the specific." Watching too many movies is a "societal malady." "It's all planned. ![]() "There is no objective reality." "I guess that's what one hopes for when one writes things. Writer-director Charlie Kaufman seems to drop hints about the film's meaning without actually explaining anything. The twisting plot and myriad cultural references and internal clues may excite some viewers and send them down Reddit rabbit holes to dissect it all, but they require patience and attention. This is a highly esoteric film that will surely find its fans, but could also feel too talky, too strange, and too confusing for many others. The woman mentions sex, and the man's father says that a twin bed isn't for "f-king." Other language includes "s-t," "bulls-t," "a-hole," "crap/crappy," "t-t," "god," "Jesus," "hell," "sissies." To stay in the loop on more movies like this, you can sign up for weekly Family Movie Night emails. Adults drink wine, smoke cigarettes, and discuss roofies. Despite a lack of physical violence, the sense that something terrible is going to happen is there for pretty much the full two hours. The film creates an intentionally uneasy mood with the settings: a stuffy car on a snowy drive, a farmhouse seemingly stuck in time, an abandoned high school. ![]() The film seems to be toying with the idea of time-shifting and a lack of an "objective reality," as none of the characters are as they seem, and even the details of the life of the young woman narrating the story through an internal monologue shift throughout the tale. Younger audiences might tune out, not understand, or not be interested in long dialogue sequences that cite and debate classic films, books, poetry, and songs. Parents need to know that I'm Thinking of Ending Things is a purposefully disconcerting film. ![]()
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