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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.

Jesse Plemons and Jessie Buckley in I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020)

David Thewlis and Toni Collette in I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020)

David Thewlis, Toni Collette, Jesse Plemons, and Jessie Buckley in I'm Thinking of Ending Things (2020)

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How long is I'm Thinking of Ending Things?

Jesse Plemons

Jessie Buckley

Toni Collette

Charlie Kaufman

Iain Reid

Full of misgivings, a young woman travels with her new boyfriend to his parents&apos; secluded farm. Upon arriving, she comes to question everything she thought she knew about him, and herself.

I&apos;m Thinking of Ending Things

A Tedious, Frustrating &amp; Convoluted Mess

Strange, bewildering &amp; full of misgivings, I&apos;m Thinking of Ending Things only gets more awkward &amp; confusing as it progresses but it still creates enough intrigue for the viewers to stick around and see if the whole ordeal of sitting through the film is worth it in the end. Now I don&apos;t know about the others but my answer to that is a plain &amp; simple no.

Written &amp; directed by Charlie Kaufman, it&apos;s only sensible to expect the unexpected when journeying into one of his stories but unlike the clever ideas &amp; 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 &amp; 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 &amp; Toni Collette easily steal the show while Jessie Buckley &amp; 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&apos;m Thinking of Ending Things is a tedious, frustrating &amp; convoluted mess that defies any logic &amp; understanding and unfolds like a series of thought process simultaneously going inside a troubled mind that doesn&apos;t know how to stop them. A bizarre, surreal &amp; confounding experience that keeps getting weirder as it nears its conclusion, Charlie Kaufman&apos;s latest film may dazzle his fans with its allegories but it sure isn&apos;t for me.

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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Strange, bewildering & full of misgivings, I'm Thinking of Ending Things only gets more awkward & confusing as it progresses but it still creates enough intrigue for the viewers to stick around and see if the whole ordeal of sitting through the film is worth it in the end. Now I don't know about the others but my answer to that is a plain & simple no.

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.

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.

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