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Twenty-five years after environmental collapse left the Earth uninhabitable, Mother, Father and Son are confined to their palatial bunker, where they struggle to maintain hope and a sense of normalcy by clinging to the rituals of daily life--until the arrival of a stranger, Girl, upends their happy routine. Son, a naïve twenty-something who has never seen the outside world, is fascinated by the newcomer, and suddenly the delicate bonds of blind optimism that have held this wealthy clan together begin to fray. As tensions rise, their seemingly idyllic existence starts to crumble, with long-repressed feelings of remorse and resentment threatening to destroy the family's delicate balance. But their reckoning with difficult truths also points to a different way forward, one based on acceptance, love, and a capacity for change.
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The End doesn't lack for ambition or talent, but its bold vision is ill-served by a bloated runtime and monotonous musical score.

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Mark Kermode Kermode and Mayo's Take (YouTube) Joshua Oppenheimer is not afraid of a challenge... the same is true of George MacKay. Apr 4, 2025 Full Review Nick Howells London Evening Standard The whole enterprise is weirdly compelling and oddly flat at the same time. And those tunes? Showstoppers? Not quite, although by the end, their deliberately old-fashioned hokeyness grows on you. Rated: 3/5 Apr 4, 2025 Full Review Robbie Collin Daily Telegraph (UK) It’s all meaty stuff for a think piece, but rather less swallowable as a film. Rated: 2/5 Apr 4, 2025 Full Review Javier Ocaña El Pais (Spain) It's a mournful post-apocalyptic musical with an ecological undertone, which could have been a brave attempt at the unconventional, but instead ends up in a narrative uphill battle...[Full review in Spanish] Apr 25, 2025 Full Review Nuria Vidal Cinemanía (Spain) The End is a very formally risky film, with a deep critical charge of society and class differences. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 3/5 Apr 24, 2025 Full Review Desirée De Fez Fotogramas [The End is] a film about representation...and, with musical numbers, dialogue, and performances that are completely off the grid, distorts any obvious idea about the fear of the future. [Full review in Spanish] Rated: 4/5 Apr 24, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

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Dora Confusing, and didn’t really see how the musical aspect of it was important? Great concept though. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 12/19/24 Full Review John C Dear god. Stay far far away. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 12/17/24 Full Review Max Woof, I wanted to like this movie so bad, but the singing and characters were not connecting for me. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 12/14/24 Full Review Philip H This film committed the worst crime a film can commit: it bored me. Random scenes slapped together with duct tape and paperclips, dull songs and characters that I didn’t connect with at all. Ugh. Avoid it like the plague. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 04/22/25 Full Review Jean A Some great cinematography and very good performances. The musical score was surprisingly tuneful. Plot confusing, bit pretentious Rated 2 out of 5 stars 04/01/25 Full Review Andy W Watched tonight at the Picturehouse Central in London with a Q&A afterwards with the director and star George Mackay. No-one asked the obvious question… WHY? What this nonsense was about… what purpose it served will forever remain a mystery to me… banal overlong and laughable… literally my first ever film review… THIS IS THE WORSE FILM I HAVE EVER SEEN. Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 03/28/25 Full Review Read all reviews
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Synopsis Twenty-five years after environmental collapse left the Earth uninhabitable, Mother, Father and Son are confined to their palatial bunker, where they struggle to maintain hope and a sense of normalcy by clinging to the rituals of daily life--until the arrival of a stranger, Girl, upends their happy routine. Son, a naïve twenty-something who has never seen the outside world, is fascinated by the newcomer, and suddenly the delicate bonds of blind optimism that have held this wealthy clan together begin to fray. As tensions rise, their seemingly idyllic existence starts to crumble, with long-repressed feelings of remorse and resentment threatening to destroy the family's delicate balance. But their reckoning with difficult truths also points to a different way forward, one based on acceptance, love, and a capacity for change.
Director
Joshua Oppenheimer
Producer
Tilda Swinton, Signe Byrge Sørensen
Screenwriter
Rasmus Heisterberg, Joshua Oppenheimer
Distributor
NEON
Production Co
Final Cut for Real, The Match Factory, Wild Atlantic Pictures, Dorje Film, Moonspun Films , Anagram Sweden
Rating
R (Some Language)
Genre
Musical, Drama, Sci-Fi, Fantasy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Dec 6, 2024, Limited
Box Office (Gross USA)
$137.3K
Runtime
2h 28m
Sound Mix
Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio
Flat (1.85:1)
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