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I'm Thinking of Ending Things

2020

Charlie Kaufman

Jessie Buckley, Jesse Plemons, Toni Collette, David Thewlis ...

5.9

9,774

Mystery. Drama An unexpected detour causes a woman who is trying to figure out how to break up with her boyfriend to rethink her life.

	Author	Review
United States	David Ehrlich IndieWire	"[It] proves that Charlie Kaufman's vision as a director is equal to his creativity as a screenwriter. (...) Few movies about our natural isolation have ever left me feeling less alone, happier to be lost in my thoughts."	POS
Canada	Chris Agar Screen Rant	"Even if it doesn't score the accolades Kaufman's other films have, it's still a fascinating watch with plenty to unpack (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"It’s not just a quirky, morose downer of a movie (...) Kaufman seems to be saying that love is an illusion and that people (...) have no possibility of connecting (...) His films had more complex excitement (...) 15 years ago. "	NEG
United States	M.N. Miller Ready Steady Cut	"A masterclass in surrealist filmmaking (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"On many levels it's a bold, brilliant work (...) Yet in many fundamental ways, the movie is frustrating; it's frequently a hard slog, as distancing as it is illuminating."	NEU
United States	Steve Pond The Wrap	"Occasionally infuriating but richly perplexing (...) It’s not the most comfortable space in which to hang out, but it’s a hell of a place to visit."	POS
United States	Peter Travers ABC News	"If, like me, you enjoy challenges that are emotionally rewarding to puzzle out, then 'I'm Thinking of Ending Things' ranks with the year's best movies."	POS
United Kingdom	Nicholas Barber BBC	"The film is rich in detail and ideas, and it comes from a unique, uncompromising talent (...) Whichever universe it may be set in, it has a lot to say about our own (…) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	A. O. Scott The New York Times	"I was sometimes puzzled and sometimes annoyed by their story (...) but I was also moved"	NEU
United States	A.A. Dowd AV Club	"Kaufman once again makes you grateful for the window into his own—and, maybe, that it’s not your own. Which is to say, his brain is an exciting place to visit, but who in their right mind would want to live there?"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Another superb nightmare courtesy of Charlie Kaufman (...) Surreal, disquieting and sometimes extraordinary (…) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	John Nugent Empire	"It’s possibly Kaufman’s most challenging work yet. Whether that challenge will reward you depends on your taste and tolerance (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Brian Tallerico rogerebert.com	"Plemons and Buckley are both absolutely phenomenal here, finding relatable character beats within a script that would have stymied other performers, conveying a growing anxiety without resorting to cheap tricks to highlight it (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Johnny Oleksinski New York Post	"The love-it-or-loathe-it film of 2020 (...) When 'Ending Things' is at its best, you wonder if the characters are figments of an unseen person’s imagination (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS

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