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I'm Thinking of Ending Things

  • 2020
  • R
  • 2h 14m
IMDb RATING
6.6/10
93K
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Jessie Buckley in I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020)
Despite second thoughts about their relationship, a young woman (Jessie Buckley) takes a road trip with her new boyfriend (Jesse Plemons) to his family farm. Trapped at the farm during a snowstorm with Jake’s mother (Toni Collette) and father (David Thewlis), the young woman begins to question the nature of everything she knew or understood about her boyfriend, herself, and the world.
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Full of misgivings, a young woman travels with her new boyfriend to his parents' secluded farm. Upon arriving, she comes to question everything she thought she knew about him, and herself.Full of misgivings, a young woman travels with her new boyfriend to his parents' secluded farm. Upon arriving, she comes to question everything she thought she knew about him, and herself.Full of misgivings, a young woman travels with her new boyfriend to his parents' secluded farm. Upon arriving, she comes to question everything she thought she knew about him, and herself.

  • Director
    • Charlie Kaufman
  • Writers
    • Charlie Kaufman
    • Iain Reid
  • Stars
    • Jesse Plemons
    • Jessie Buckley
    • Toni Collette
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.6/10
    93K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
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    80
    • Director
      • Charlie Kaufman
    • Writers
      • Charlie Kaufman
      • Iain Reid
    • Stars
      • Jesse Plemons
      • Jessie Buckley
      • Toni Collette
    • 1.2KUser reviews
    • 230Critic reviews
    • 78Metascore
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 15 wins & 110 nominations

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    Jesse Plemons
    Jesse Plemons
    • Jake
    Jessie Buckley
    Jessie Buckley
    • Young Woman
    Toni Collette
    Toni Collette
    • Mother
    David Thewlis
    David Thewlis
    • Father
    Guy Boyd
    Guy Boyd
    • Janitor
    Hadley Robinson
    Hadley Robinson
    • Laurey…
    Gus Birney
    Gus Birney
    • Aunt Eller…
    Abby Quinn
    Abby Quinn
    • Tulsey Town Girl 3
    Colby Minifie
    Colby Minifie
    • Yvonne
    Anthony Robert Grasso
    Anthony Robert Grasso
    • Diner Manager
    • (as Anthony Grasso)
    Teddy Coluca
    Teddy Coluca
    • Diner Customer
    Jason Ralph
    Jason Ralph
    • Yvonne's Boyfriend
    Oliver Platt
    Oliver Platt
    • The Voice
    • (voice)
    Frederick Wodin
    • Dancing Janitor
    • (as Fredrick E. Wodin)
    Ryan Steele
    Ryan Steele
    • Dancing Jake
    Unity Phelan
    • Dancing Young Woman
    Norman Aaronson
    Norman Aaronson
    • Diner Patron
    • (uncredited)
    Ashlyn Alessi
    Ashlyn Alessi
    • Audience Member
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Charlie Kaufman
    • Writers
      • Charlie Kaufman
      • Iain Reid
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    • Trivia
      The young woman's critique of A Woman Under the Influence (1974) is taken verbatim from film critic Pauline Kael's review of the movie. Earlier in the film, a copy of Kael's review collection For Keeps can be seen in Jake's childhood bedroom (though ironically, that particular review does not appear in that book).
    • Goofs
      With the snow storm going on during most of his shift, the janitor would have had more of an accumulation of snow on his pickup than the amount (a little more than a dusting) that he quickly brushed off after his shift.
    • Quotes

      Young Woman: It's tragic how few people possess their souls before they die. Nothing is more rare in any man, says Emerson, than an act of his own. And it's quite true. Most people are other people. Their thoughts are someone else's opinions, their lives a mimicry, their passions a quotation. That's an Oscar Wilde quote.

    • Crazy credits
      There's a post-credits scene.
    • Connections
      Featured in The Graham Norton Show: Jessie Buckley/David Walliams/Octavia Spencer/Frank Gardner/Bill Bailey/Dermot Kennedy (2020)
    • Soundtracks
      Peabody's Improbable History
      Written by Frank Comstock (as Frank G. Cornstock)

      Courtesy of DreamWorks Animation

    User reviews1.2K

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    8/10
    It's better you know what this film is about before you watch it. Charlie Kaufman does it again.
    Usually I recommend people to not watch or read reviews, just enjoy the film in their own way. This one, though, is better if you are well prepared for it. It's a two hour fifteen minute film that requires another twenty minutes for the obligatory YouTube video that explains what you've just seen. Foundflix has a nice Explained for it, but watch or read whatever. Because you need to understand you are going to sit through the slow, oh so slow, dissolution of a man's mind, complete with heavy references to books and films and musicals, awkward scenes that make you want to skip forward, long internal monologues, the whole thing. It is also worth mentioning that this film is based of a book, one that is not written by Kaufman, but right up his alley. You might want to check that out before attempting to see the film.

    Once you know you are going to see that, you won't feel cheated when finally starting to watch the movie and realizing it will not entertain you at all. Maybe it will make you ponder the nature of reality and inner life, maybe it will make you grab a gun and kill yourself or your parents, maybe it will make you write a dissertation on it, so other people get what you got or at least friends will honor you for surviving through it, but relaxing entertainment or any sort of pleasure that is not purely intellectual you will not get.

    There are no twists at the end, the basic premise is made clear rather soon and from that moment you will wait for the film to end. There is no hero journey, no big reveal of information that will guide you through life, no story. The only beautiful thing in the movie is Jessie Buckley. So get into your Dostoyevski reading mood or whatever and only then attempt a viewing. Just trying on a whim and then complaining about it won't cut it. You have to work to see this film. Only when you're prepared to do that work will I recommend it to you.
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    • Feb 19, 2021

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • September 4, 2020 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Languages
      • English
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Có Chăng Nên Chấm Dứt
    • Filming locations
      • Red Line Diner - 588 Route 9, Fishkill, New York, USA("movie in a movie" scene)
    • Production companies
      • Likely Story
      • Projective Testing Service
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 14 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Atmos
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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