The screenwriter ( Being John Malkovich, Adaptation., Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind) turned writer-director ( Synecdoche, New York and Anomalisa) has made such social agony a part of his brand. She is Lucy (or Lucia or Amy, depending on who and when you ask), phenomenally played by Jessie Buckley, a 20-something poet (or physicist or painter, again. I’m thinking it’s a film that defies simple classification. There’s an aching awkwardness that throbs violently in the latest film from Charlie Kaufman. It doesn’t go away, utters the main character in Charlie Kaufman’s ‘I’m Thinking of Ending Things’. Felt like I was listening to freeform jazz only to have the lights come on and see everybody crying. Said as much out loud when the movie ended and my friends confidently explained the synopsis, and I literally did not pick up on any of it. I’M THINKING OF ENDING THINGS By Iain Reid 210 pp. Well, just one thing I guess, a new Netflix film called I’m Thinking of Ending Things that either requires a great deal of thinking, or maybe none at all. Review by demi adejuyigbe 116 Too dumb to understand this. Is she thinking of ending the relationship, or ending, you know, things? We shall see. Review: ‘I’m Thinking of Ending Things’ is Charlie Kaufman weirdness at its worst Mick LaSalle SeptemUpdated: September 3, 2020, 7:18 pm Jessie Buckley (left) and Jesse Plemons. Powered by JustWatch I’m thinking of reviewing things. There’s an almost Woody Allen-esque vibe at first, with Lucy saying in voice-over, “I’m thinking of ending things,” while the oblivious Jake prattles on in a monotone about his love for musicals, rattling title after title off. Jesse Plemons and Jessie Buckley play a couple on a time-jumping metaphysical road trip in Charlie Kaufman’s Im Thinking of Ending Things. With “I’m Thinking of Ending Things,” Kaufman is directing and adapting the acclaimed 2016 novel of the same name by Iain Reid, and he does a brilliant job of remaining faithful to the book while adding his own unique spin(s).įor a long and riveting opening stretch, we’re in the car with Buckley’s Lucy and Plemons’ Jake as they drive in wintry weather to visit Jake’s parents on the farm where he grew up. ‘I’m Thinking of Ending Things’: Film Review. Jake has invited Lucy, his girlfriend of just a few weeks, to come meet his parents in downstate New York, a long drive through. It’s been some 20 years since Charlie Kaufman exploded on the scene as the screenwriter of films such as “Being John Malkovich,” “Adaptation” and “Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.” Kaufman’s work became ever more surreal and existential as he wrote and directed “Synedoche, New York” (2008) and the stop-motion animated “Anomalisa” (2015). It’s a head trip in the form of a road trip.
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