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.
- Awards
- 15 wins & 107 nominations
- Diner Manager
- (as Anthony Grasso)
- The Voice
- (voice)
- Dancing Janitor
- (as Fredrick E. Wodin)
- Diner Patron
- (uncredited)
- Audience Member
- (uncredited)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe 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).
- GoofsWith 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 creditsThere's a post-credits scene.
- SoundtracksPeabody's Improbable History
Written by Frank Comstock (as Frank G. Cornstock)
Courtesy of DreamWorks Animation
Written & directed by Charlie Kaufman, it's only sensible to expect the unexpected when journeying into one of his stories but unlike the clever ideas & concepts that he came up with to explore existentialism in his earlier works, there is no structure to this story. It is just a hotchpotch of thoughts & impressions thrown into the mix and presented without consideration.
The film still brims with a sense of foreboding for the most part if not all and is at its most interesting during the farmhouse scene, thanks to the remarkable talents on screen. David Thewlis & Toni Collette easily steal the show while Jessie Buckley & Jesse Plemons do their best to keep things running. One might expect the story to unfurl its mysteries in the end but this one simply refuses to.
Overall, I'm Thinking of Ending Things is a tedious, frustrating & convoluted mess that defies any logic & understanding and unfolds like a series of thought process simultaneously going inside a troubled mind that doesn't know how to stop them. A bizarre, surreal & confounding experience that keeps getting weirder as it nears its conclusion, Charlie Kaufman's latest film may dazzle his fans with its allegories but it sure isn't for me.
- CinemaClown
- Dec 1, 2020
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
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- 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
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- Runtime2 hours 14 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1