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.

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Review by demi adejuyigbe 97

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 Morgan ½ 312

I’m Thinking of Ending My Netflix Subscription
Review by Karsten Runquist ★★★★½ 95

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 davidehrlich ★★★★½ 77

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

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 Jitender ★★★★★ 31

there's a lot of movie in this movie
Review by ethan 10

i can almost feel the sexual tension between male directors and time...... so hot 😍😍😍
Review by James (Schaffrillas) ★★★★★ 66

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 brandon ★½ 72

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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 ryder ★★★★½ 24

hey siri im thinking of ending things explained
Review by Quinten 3

Netflix: Ok Charlie what's this movie about?
Charlie: about

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Review by hughe

“The world is larger than the inside of your own head” - Charlie Kaufman lmao that’s the opposite of most of his movies
“It’s beautiful out here (the country) in a bleak heartbroken kind of way”
“Wife shaped loneliness” - from a straight woman hmmm
Review by kristen :)

i feel sanctimonious as fuck just watching this.
Review by Kelela ★★★★

You can say anything, you can do anything, but you can't fake a thought.
Review by Cade ★★½

Some scenes were great, others sucked. I like the foundation of this movie and look forward to see how these “fever dream” films become more polished over time because there is HUGE potential in this genre I just made up
Review by Halynna ★★★★

Perhaps I could put my 14 years of classical ballet training to use by being in a charlie kaufman film just food for thought
Review by MilesK ★★½

What the fuck?
Review by Daniel Monteiro ★★

No começo eu não entendi, no final parecia que tava no começo
Review by Austin Kimmell ★★★★

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

Before the Movie: Ok, Charlie - gonna do my best to understand what the hell you're doing.
During the Movie: Kaufman's using this fractured, imagined relationship to show how while the human experience is inherently fractured, the road to finding hope in its journey has turned people to blindly consuming whatever junk is around themselves, and allowing for the junk to consume us in the end will leave us a hollow shell of what we could have been.
After Act Three of the Movie: Man, this guy just shat on Ron Howard's entire life. Don't watch too many movies, y'all.
Review by allisonjanotta ★★★

you know a family is gonna be fucked up if toni collette is playing the mom
Review by Rodrack ★★★½

Jesus, Kaufman is still haunted by the exact same questions as ever.
Anyways, I'm too dumb for this. Will be needing a rewatch. Or two.
Review by quadrophenia17 ★★★

This esoteric rule-breaker is set to such a high level of opacity that it becomes impossible to analyze or discuss.
Charlie Kaufman's latest was exactly what I expected, but left me feeling disengaged and lost.
Careful what you wish for, I guess.
👍🏻68%
B-
Good Time, No Alcohol Required
Low Matinee
Review by Haavlihudga ★★★★★

Several decades from now, people will find this movie and keep rating it 5 stars and keep talking about it. It'll blow. They'll make a statue of Charlie Kaufman next to Rotating Kafka's head in Prague. The year is 2050.