A Beginner's Guide to Endings (2010)

Upon learning they only have a few days left to live, three brothers set off to reverse a lifetime of mistakes.

Director:

Jonathan Sobol

Writers:

Heidi Sobol (story consultant), Jonathan Sobol

Stars:

Tricia Helfer, J.K. Simmons, Harvey Keitel

3 wins & 1 nomination.

Cast

Credited cast:
Tricia Helfer	...	Miranda
J.K. Simmons	...	Uncle Pal
Harvey Keitel	...	Duke White
Jared Keeso	...	Juicebox
Stephen McHattie	...	Fitz
Scott Caan	...	Cal White
Wendy Crewson	...	Goldie White
Paulo Costanzo	...	Jacob 'Cob' White
Jason Jones	...	Edward 'Nuts' White Jr.
James Preston Rogers	...	Big Mitch
Gavin Fox	...	Rahm the Baptist
Jesse Bostick	...	Tourist
Allison Graham	...	Waitress
Alex Appel	...	Mindy
Siam Yu	...	Todd White

Storyline

Upon learning they only have a few days left to live, three brothers set off to reverse a lifetime of mistakes.

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Plot Keywords:

brother | 

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Genres:

Comedy | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language including some sexual references

Did You Know?

Trivia

The Whites are so named in reference to Harvey Keitel's Reservoir Dogs (1992) character "Mr. White".

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Quotes

[Nuts laments to his brother Cal after recently finding out he and two of his brothers will soon die due to their father Duke's poor parenting choices]
Cal White: Duke dealt us a bad hand, bro.
Edward 'Nuts' White Jr.: A bad hand? I didn't even get cards, okay? I got like a bus transfer and fucking coupon for tampons.

User Reviews

A very funny and entertaining dark comedy that deserves to be watched. I really liked it. I say B+.

"The events leading up to my death were a lot like the rest of my life, things didn't go exactly as planned." Duke White (Keitel) is dead and his three sons are at the will reading. After hearing what they will get they also get another surprise, due to gambling problems their father signed them up for unsafe drug tests when they were babies and because of that they all find out they will die soon. All three sons handle the news differently but eventually they all take one last run at the one thing they have always wanted to do. Based off the preview this is a movie I was looking forward to. I really like these dark comedies and the cast was pretty good. I have to say that I really enjoyed this movie and laughed throughout, but this is another movie where I laughed at things I shouldn't be laughing at. The idea on it's own is pretty morbid but watching it it comes off as more comedy then depressing. There are some really funny lines in this and the running gag about Cal's (Caan) car is great and I loved hearing what they would say about it next. This is a very funny comedy but is not for everyone. Overall, really funny but this is a dark comedy so you must like that style of humor to fully enjoy this movie. I give it a B+

Details

Country:

Canada USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

April 2011 (USA)

Also Known As:

Born After Dying

Filming Locations:

Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada

Company Credits

Production Co:

Darius Films, The Harold Greenberg Fund

Technical Specs

Runtime:

93 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1