Review im thinking of ending things8/16/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() And we’re ushered into Lucy’s wandering headspace where her melancholic interior monologues are constantly interrupted by Jake’s penchant for monotoned small talk. We listen in on their philosophical jousting, their discussions on William Wordsworth, movie musicals, and Mussolini’s train. Or is it six months? Regardless, she begins to feel their relationship has ran its course yet she still agrees to take a road-trip with Jake to meet his parents.įor the first 20-plus minutes Kaufman puts us in the car with the young couple as they travel along a snowy Oklahoma highway. They haven’t been together long, only six weeks. Anyway, mere minutes into the film Kaufman puts us inside the young woman’s head as she’s thinking of ending things with her boyfriend Jake (an opaquely low-key Jesse Plemons). But who goes into a Charlie Kaufman film expecting him to stick to the surface?Ī terrific Jessie Buckley plays Lucy, or is it Louisa, or is it Ames? She’s a physicist, or is she a painter, or maybe a waitress? Get where I’m going? Probably not and that’s part of the draw. It wastes no time challenging our sense of perspective while steadily plowing deep into subjects that have fascinated Kaufman for much of his eight-film career.Īll of that tells you the type of story Kaufman constructs, but what is it about? The meat and potatoes answer – it’s about a young woman going to meet her boyfriend’s parents for the first time. You could call it a dark soliloquy of sorts an out-of-focus meditation that becomes clearer the further it gets from reality. It’s a psychodrama plump with symbolism and carefully placed breadcrumbs that can’t possibly be fully digested in one viewing. “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” is a thematic puzzle box. His movies don’t always land for me, but I never doubt I’m seeing something truthful. There is a self-indulgence to his work (something Kaufman himself would never deny) that allows his to create from his soul. He’s known for exploring identity, mortality and the human condition often through a surrealist’s lens. It’s impossible to stamp a label on Kaufman’s collective work, but you can identify some of the filmmaker’s reoccurring interests. New on Home Video: “The Tank” on Blu-ray and DVDĬharlie Kaufman’s enigmatic new film “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” has been one of the most intriguing titles on Netflix’s 2020 movie calendar.REVIEW: “Transformers: Dark of the Moon” (2011).Lionsgate Drops New Character Posters for “The Blackening”.RETRO REVIEW: “Thunderbolt and Lightfoot” (1974).REVIEW: “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” (2023).REVIEW: “Transformers: Age of Extinction” (2014).REVIEW: “Transformers: The Last Knight” (2017).REVIEW: “Transformers: Rise of the Beasts” (2023).New on Home Video: “Insidious” 4K UHD Limited Edition Steelbook.Steven Spielberg’s Blockbuster “Jurassic Park” Turns 30.Paramount Unveils a Series of New Character Posters for “Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One”.New on Home Video: “Guy Ritchie’s The Covenant” Blu-ray + DVD + Digital Combo Pack.Movie Poster Spotlight: “Kraven the Hunter”. ![]()
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