How It Ends

Before I watched the film. It may have meant I missed a hidden gem. How people can say this is boring, or formulaic or "just a series of conversations" (that's what life is for goodness sake!) is beyond me. It isn't sci-fi or a ripping comedy and it isnt meant to be. It is a parable, a heartfelt and meaningful story full of wit and wisdom and excellent performances from the leads. It isn't perfect but it is still so much better than a lot of the mainstream rubbish out there. Give me this over a DC or Marvel bore fest any day. It may not be everyone's cup of tea but if you have a heart, emotional intelligence and can live without three hours of mindless noise then please ignore the bad reviews, watch it and make your own mind up. Most of you will be more than pleased that you did.

If you're looking for a movie to have on in the background while you're multitasking on something else I still wouldn't recommend this. If you come across a review with glowing praise then it's probably from a pretentious soul that cuts and eats a candy bar with a fork and knife.

I read some unflattering reviews on here before I watched this movie, and so my expectations were low going in. However, I have to say that I was pleasantly surprised and I feel those who trashed it were a bit harsh. The movie has a great pace to it. It's a collection of short scenes that don't linger too long. If you don't care for one scene, don't worry, another one is coming right up. I particularly liked the scenes with Sharon Van Etten, Olivia Wilde, Lamorne Morris, and Helen Hunt. There were some funny jokes along the way, as well as some light emotional stuff. All in all in was an enjoyable movie. I thought the younger-self construct was very interesting, and the chemistry between Zoe Lister-Jones and Cailee Spaeny was excellent. Also, since I live in Los Angeles, I really enjoyed seeing the street signs and keeping track of where each scene was filmed. From a reality standpoint, though, there is no way they could have gotten to all those places on foot in one day. Ha ha! The other good thing about this movie is that it's a great document of how empty the streets were during the pandemic. In my imagination, on the last day of human life on earth the streets of Los Angeles would be filled with people going nuts. But the fact that the streets were so empty in the movie added sort of a calm eeriness, and a sense of acceptance of the impending doom. It's nice to think that could actually be ... how it ends.

Wow just a collection of quirky people this woman finds while walking the streets of Los Angeles. That's it. Most of them were dull and uninteresting with equally dull and boring conversations...

Dumbed down version of a plot that has been around forever.

The artificial quirkiness is a cringeworthy crutch.

2/10 is generous.